The BJP has called a meeting of its MPs and leaders from Andhra Pradesh after Chandrababu Naidu pulled out his Telugu Desam Party from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the Centre’s refusal to announce special status to Andhra Pradesh. The snapping of ties doesn’t threaten the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, but signals a revamp of political ties ahead of General Elections next year. The Bharatiya Janata Party has called TDP’s move an “inevitable” one, saying it offers a “timely opportunity for the BJP” to grow in Andhra Pradesh. Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee — seen as a potential Third Front leader — has already praised her Andhra Pradesh counterpart over the move. Action now shifts to Parliament where the TDP has submitted a no-confidence notice against the central government. YSR Congress chief Jagan Reddy claimed it was his party’s decision to move the no-confidence motion is what pushed the TDP to jump the gun and do so themselves.
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