Naidu ‘exposes’ BJP’s AP agenda
On a mission mode to expose what he called the “hidden agenda” the BJP government has against him, Telugu Desam supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said that he will soon talk to regional political parties to seek their support on the issue of injustice meted out to his state.
Speaking exclusively to this newspaper, Mr Naidu, who was on a twoday visit to the national capital, said that the BJP’s only agenda is to grow in Andhra Pradesh and for that they wanted to “control” him, which was not “ethical”.
“As on today, I have started talking to all parties and floor leaders of all are supporting... Out of regional leaders and state chief ministers, I have only spoken to Mamata Banerjee since she called to express her support. I will speak with other political parties in the course of time to seek their support. I have to take this to the logical conclusion. We will fight, we will go on putting pressure. We want justice. The sentiments of the people are very important,” he said.
They are openly saying that they want to grow in Andhra Pradesh. When you will grow? When I fail? You want me to fail and you are doing that by tightening resources. — N. CHANDRABABU NAIDU, AP Chief Minister
On a mission mode to expose what he called the “hidden agenda” the BJP government has against him, Telugu Desam supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said he will soon talk to regional political parties to seek their support on the issue of injustice meted out to his state.
“He (the Prime Minister) has hurt the sentiments of the people,” Mr Naidu said.
Though Mr Naidu skirted a question on a larger federal or regional front against the BJP, he said, “Whenever there is a failure of the Central government on various fronts, naturally people’s aspirations have to be fulfilled. You have to fight or take it to a logical conclusion”.
Claiming that the behaviour of the BJP towards his party was unethical, he said: “They (BJP) want to grow in Andhra Pradesh because of that they broke their alliance with us in Telengana. That is very bad. You want to grow at the cost of Andhra Pradesh?... You grow I don’t mind, but not by not doing anything for Andhra Pradesh… Because if they do (anything for Andhra) then my image will increase. So they want to have alliance with tainted parties and control me, which is not ethical”.