Naidu quit NDA ‘solely’ for political motives: Shah
BJP national president Amit Shah has termed Telugu Desam’s (TD) decision to leave the NDA as guided wholly and solely by political considerations than developmental concerns.
In a nine-page letter to Chief Minister and Telugu Desam chief N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday, Mr Shah said that the regional party leaving the NDA is both unfortunate as well as unilateral. He said Mr Naidu’s assertion that the BJP has been insensitive towards the aspirations of the people of Andhra Pradesh is untrue and baseless.
“Your assertion that the BJP is not sensitive to the aspirations of the people of Andhra Pradesh and has not implemented the provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 and assurances given by the then Prime Minister in the Rajya Sabha is untrue and baseless. I am writing this letter after the TD’s decision to quit the NDA family,” he said.
Your assertion that the BJP is not sensitive to the aspirations of the people of Andhra Pradesh is untrue and baseless — Amit Shah, BJP chief
BJP national president Amit Shah has termed the Telugu Desam’s (TD) decision to leave the NDA as guided wholly and solely by political considerations rather than developmental concerns.
“This decision is both unfortunate as well as unilateral. It is a decision I am afraid, will be construed as being guided wholly and solely by political considerations instead of developmental concerns. But unfortunately, the mandate earned together by both the parties is allowed to be squandered for political reasons. We were looking at the TD as our partner in the progress of the people of Andhra Pradesh. Unfortunately, partisan politics has overtaken leading to your Party leaving the NDA,” Mr Shah said.
He added that since getting an opportunity to serve at the Centre, the BJP-led NDA government, of which the TD was an integral constituent, has nurtured the new state of Andhra Pradesh with the spirit that this is the state that suffered at the time of state’s bifurcation.
Mr Shah said that there was an element of sensitivity and a firm commitment for the cause of Andhra Pradesh’s development in the way the NDA government at the Centre has worked for Andhra Pradesh.
“This becomes evident from the massive resource allocations to the state of Andhra Pradesh over the past four years and the fact that already most of the promises made in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 are poised towards fulfilment. A perusal of these would reaffirm what you already know and perhaps won’t admit — that the Central Government has fulfilled its obligations and that the BJP is a genuine friend and true well-wisher of the people of Andhra Pradesh,” Mr Shah added.
Since getting an opportunity to serve at the Centre, the BJP-led NDA government, of which the TD was an integral constituent, has nurtured the new state of Andhra Pradesh with the spirit that this is the state that suffered at the time of the state’s bifurcation, Shah said.