‘I will remind PM of promises he made before Lord Balaji’
Mohua.Chatterjee@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: 30.04.2018
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s latest bid to hit out at PM Narendra Modi, “for not keeping his promise” to the newly-formed state, is to mount moral pressure for going back on assurances that Naidu claims to have been given “in the presence of Lord Balaji from his abode in Tirupati”.
Naidu, who is involved in a bitter political fight with the BJP after he parted ways on the ground that the saffron party did not fulfill financial commitments, is looking to go back to when Modi was a prime ministerial candidate and came to Tirupati exactly four years ago on April 30, 2014. In the past weeks, the TDP has sought to counter BJP chief Amit Shah’s detailed letter on the quantum of financial and other assistance given to Andhra Pradesh and the CM’s alleged inability to utilise funds.
Amid an early start to the 2019 election season when the state and Lok Sabha polls are due, Naidu is faced with a challenge from bitter rival Jaganmohan Reddy besides the allyturned-foe BJP. Since he quit the ruling NDA last month, Naidu has found new ways of attacking the Centre for “depriving” Andhra Pradesh.
On Monday, Naidu will hold a public meeting at the same venue in Tirupati, where Modi addressed a rally. He will claim that Modi promised “in the presence of Lord Balaji” to hold hands of the state government to develop it. At the public meeting, Naidu plans to show audio and video clippings of Modi’s speeches to remind the PM as well the people of the promises, including according special category status to the new state
Mohua.Chatterjee@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: 30.04.2018
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s latest bid to hit out at PM Narendra Modi, “for not keeping his promise” to the newly-formed state, is to mount moral pressure for going back on assurances that Naidu claims to have been given “in the presence of Lord Balaji from his abode in Tirupati”.
Naidu, who is involved in a bitter political fight with the BJP after he parted ways on the ground that the saffron party did not fulfill financial commitments, is looking to go back to when Modi was a prime ministerial candidate and came to Tirupati exactly four years ago on April 30, 2014. In the past weeks, the TDP has sought to counter BJP chief Amit Shah’s detailed letter on the quantum of financial and other assistance given to Andhra Pradesh and the CM’s alleged inability to utilise funds.
Amid an early start to the 2019 election season when the state and Lok Sabha polls are due, Naidu is faced with a challenge from bitter rival Jaganmohan Reddy besides the allyturned-foe BJP. Since he quit the ruling NDA last month, Naidu has found new ways of attacking the Centre for “depriving” Andhra Pradesh.
On Monday, Naidu will hold a public meeting at the same venue in Tirupati, where Modi addressed a rally. He will claim that Modi promised “in the presence of Lord Balaji” to hold hands of the state government to develop it. At the public meeting, Naidu plans to show audio and video clippings of Modi’s speeches to remind the PM as well the people of the promises, including according special category status to the new state
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