In the wake of Chandrababu Naidu’s announcements made last night about pulling two ministers of the Centre, both Union Ministers belonging to TDP, Ashok Gajapathi Raju and YS Choudhary, have tendered their resignations. The two ministers submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Aviation Minister and TDP MP Ashok Gajapathi Raju's resignation letter to PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/DXFbagSzWs
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2018
Union Minister and TDP MP YS Choudhary's resignation letter to PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/qDeS2yHOfA
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On the other hand, as per some political pundits, a measure as drastic as this taken by Chandrababu Naidu only reflects his anger towards the ruling government. With an astute political step of quitting the government as he yet remains the ally works to be completely in Naidu’s interests in the state as he safely keeps an option open for an alliance in the year 2019 anyway. However, the question that still stays is that whether or not Naidu will carry on with his alliance with the BJP and how the masses are going to take his this move.
More so, after not answering Naidu’s phone calls yesterday, PM Modi today called Naidu, and reportedly tried convincing him to not to walk out of the government.
Furthermore, while the TDP decides to continue supporting the NDA, the tow MPs stated that the PM has given them an assurance that ‘justice will be done.’ However they declined on commenting on the probable BJP-YSRCP tie-up saying, “That is between those two parties, we have nothing to say on that, you can ask them: YS Choudhary,TDP MP on possibility of BJP-YSRCP alliance.”
That is between those two parties, we have nothing to say on that, you can ask them: YS Choudhary,TDP MP on possibility of BJP-YSRCP alliance pic.twitter.com/1VaABL0HeD
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2018
Ashok Gajapathi Raju also said, “We (BJP and TDP) have worked together and were able to work cohesively. This was an opportunity that I partly gave up. It’s our courtesy that we call on him (Narendra Modi),”.
He further added, “We are continuing as part of NDA, but the problems are there. From being Andhra Pradesh, we have become the “residuous state of Andhra Pradesh”. There are different ways to look at it (the bifurcation issue). Our party has directed that we resign and continue being part of NDA. We hope that a solution will come.”
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