Naidu broke people’s trust, his delusional politics about to end, says Shah

NEW DELHI: With Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu sitting on a daylong fast here, BJP president Amit Shah Monday said the Andhra Pradesh chief minister knows that his political fortunes are declining rapidly and so he was back to theatrics in his desperation for grabbing headlines.

In an open letter to people of Andhra Pradesh, Shah accused Naidu of breaking their trust and said he is going too far by "personally" attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Naidu's "delusional politics" is about to end, he said, adding that the BJP has full faith in 'Satyameva Jayate' (truth prevails). The TDP leader had recently taken the name of Modi's wife in attacking him. Naidu claimed he did so as the prime minister had referred to his son in targeting him in a rally.

Naidu's daylong fast demanding special status for his state on Monday became a rallying point for the opposition, which got together for the second time in less than a month to present a united front against the government.

In his letter posted on social media, Shah said people will teach Naidu a befitting lesson in the coming elections for joining hands with the Congress, which bifurcated the state in a "unilateral, hasty and unscientific manner, ignoring" its interests.

The assembly elections in the state will be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls.

Lashing out at Naidu, Shah said his party is aware that Naidu has "Congress blood" in him but it never expected that he will go to the extent of even surpassing the Congress in speaking lies and in carrying a "hate campaign" against the central government, Modi and the BJP.

The Andhra Pradesh chief minister had started his politics as a Congress member and joined the TDP, which was founded by his father-in-law N T Rama Rao, later.