Naidu warns BJP after budget allocation

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who was disappointed with the paltry allocations to Andhra Pradesh in the Union budget, has warned his alliance partner BJP that if any party fails to provide good governance, the people will reject it.

“The results of by-elections in Rajasthan are a proof of it”, he told a party meeting in Amravati yesterday.

Addressing a Telugu Desam coordination committee meeting, Naidu asked why the Centre neglected Andhra Pradesh while making bigger allocations for Karnataka, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

“The party MPs and the leaders were wondering how, in this kind of situation, we can go to the people,” he added.

“We are not in a position even to celebrate the state formation day,” Naidu said.

Defending his decision

He recalled that, due to the injustice prevailing at the time of bifurcation, the 125-year-old Congress party was wiped out from the state.

“The Congress party conspired with KCR in Telangana and Jagan in Andhra to divide the state arbitrarily. It was done to weaken the Telugu Desam Party”.

Naidu defended his decision to tie up with the BJP before the 2014 elections, saying, “As the state had suffered massive losses due to the bifurcation, we decided to have an alliance with the BJP.”