VIJAYAWADA: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu asserted that his party was in the NDA and that he would be attending the NDA meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday, a day after a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance in Andhra Pradesh.
Speaking to newsmen, before leaving for New Delhi along with Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan for an NDA meeting, Naidu said he is experienced and has seen many political developments in the country. “We are with the NDA and I am attending an NDA meeting today. In the course of time, if anything happens, we will let you know,” he said.
The TDP and Jana Sena Party, which won 16 and two seats respectively, will play a significant role in the formation of the government at the Centre.
Thanking people for their overwhelming support, Naidu said people should not say that their job is over after voting. “They have to take the role of guiding the government in the state in the right direction by providing constant feedback,” he stressed.
He reiterated that they aim to make the people and the state prosper and are ready to make any sacrifice for this purpose.
Stating that he faced his 10th election this time, Naidu said in his long political career, he has never seen a government like the one in power in the state in the past five years. “Not only a sector and an organization, we all witnessed how they troubled all the constitutional systems,” he said.
No one is eternal in politics, but the country is permanent and the Constitution is eternal, he added.
Describing the 2024 elections in the state in which the TDP and its allies got a record majority as historic, the TDP chief said, “Spending their own money, people from the United States came to vote to make people win. People who are working as daily laborers in other states have voted. I'm unable to understand how to describe their commitment and appreciate them.”
The TDP chief said the main reason for people rejecting the YSRC was that they were not able to tolerate its atrocities.
Appreciating the key role played by JSP chief Pawan Kalyan, Naidu said the actor-politician came forward not to split the anti-incumbency vote and save the state’s future. “I wholeheartedly appreciate him,” he said. He attributed the credit for the victory to the unified effort of all the cadre belonging to all the partners in the alliance. “Everyone strived for the victory of the candidates, treating them as their own,” he said
Naidu said they have a responsibility to reinstate the systems in the state and they will work on meeting people's expectations.
