VIJAYAWADA: Irked over the lack of allocation for Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget, chief minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu has convened an emergency meeting of the celebration on Friday to take a choice on whether or not to proceed with the TDP-BJP alliance both on the Centre and in the state.
Soon after the presentation of the Budget on Thursday, Naidu conducted a teleconference with celebration leaders in addition to TDP MPs in Delhi and convened a meeting of the TDP parliamentary board on Sunday.
"The allocations are very dissatisfactory and it is for BJP to explain how it will address this. In the meantime, we will take the message to the people as to how AP was completely ignored in the Budget," was Naidu's message to TDP leaders.
Sources said a number of ministers and MPs told Naidu that the "injustice" can also be spoke back best by means of severing ties with BJP. "However, Naidu advocated restrain for the time being and suggested that they wait for the Budget session to end before taking any decision. However, by the evening, he convened meetings on Friday and on Sunday as the disappointment over the treatment meted out to AP in the Budget was wide and deep," said sources. In the evening, Naidu met ministers and identified the railway tasks sanctioned for Maharashtra. "It is very disappointing," he's said to have remarked. "If this is the situation, we will have to rethink the alliance," said spokesperson Jupudi Prabhakar Rao.
"The chief minister is unhappy. We expected funds for AP but the Budget ignored the revenue deficit state and instead favoured developed cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru," said agriculture minister Somireddi Chandramohan Reddy.
Soon after the presentation of the Budget on Thursday, Naidu conducted a teleconference with celebration leaders in addition to TDP MPs in Delhi and convened a meeting of the TDP parliamentary board on Sunday.
"The allocations are very dissatisfactory and it is for BJP to explain how it will address this. In the meantime, we will take the message to the people as to how AP was completely ignored in the Budget," was Naidu's message to TDP leaders.
Sources said a number of ministers and MPs told Naidu that the "injustice" can also be spoke back best by means of severing ties with BJP. "However, Naidu advocated restrain for the time being and suggested that they wait for the Budget session to end before taking any decision. However, by the evening, he convened meetings on Friday and on Sunday as the disappointment over the treatment meted out to AP in the Budget was wide and deep," said sources. In the evening, Naidu met ministers and identified the railway tasks sanctioned for Maharashtra. "It is very disappointing," he's said to have remarked. "If this is the situation, we will have to rethink the alliance," said spokesperson Jupudi Prabhakar Rao.
"The chief minister is unhappy. We expected funds for AP but the Budget ignored the revenue deficit state and instead favoured developed cities like Mumbai and Bengaluru," said agriculture minister Somireddi Chandramohan Reddy.
Irked with Budget, N Chandrababu Naidu to review ties with BJP
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