New Delhi : Chandrababu Naidu has called an urgent meeting to discuss his Telugu Desam Party (TDP)’s future with the BJP, a day after pulling two ministers from the central government over a demand for "special status" for Andhra Pradesh.
On Thursday, shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chandrababu Naidu, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, the two TDP ministers met the PM and handed him their resignation. Mr Naidu had said the "intended purpose" of joining the union cabinet was not served, so there was no point in continuing.
But the ministers, YS Chowdary and Ashok Gajapati Raju, told reporters that TDP remains part of the BJP-led national alliance NDA and any decision to end the alliance would be taken by Mr Naidu.
The TDP has 16 MPs in the Lok Sabha and four in the Rajya Sabha. TDP lawmaker Ravindra Babu had earlier told NDTV that the next "logical step" for his party is to exit the four-year alliance.
The alliance was brought to the brink when Mr Naidu called a press conference on Wednesday and announced that he was pulling out his ministers, hours after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ruled out "special status" to Andhra Pradesh.
