Naidu must come clear on alliance with BJP

Hyderabad, Aug 12, 2013: YSR Congress Party on Monday sought a clarification from TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu whether or not his party would forge an alliance in the next elections with BJP which was once described by him as religious and anti-secular.

YSRCP MLAs K.Srinivasulu and A. Amarnath Reddy told journalists here that Gujarat CM Narendra Modi’s speech at his yesterday’s public meeting praising the late NTR and actor Balakrishana’s meeting with Modi in the guise of inviting him for his daughter’s wedding have only indicated of the forthcoming electoral bonhomie between the two.

Naidu, like a true opportunist, has been in the habit of joining hands with new friends while dumping his old allies to protect his self-interests, they observed.

 “To escape from CBI cases, Naidu joined hands with Congress and extended his direct and indirect support to the Congress Government in the state. It was evident during the no-confidence motion in the assembly and also during the just concluded Sarpanch elections apart from the Legislative Council polls,” they said, adding that Naidu was trying to join hands with BJP now for political gains and to protect his self-interests.

“The interests of the state and the people are not important to him,” Srinivasulu and Amarnath Reddy said.

The YSRCP MLAs had recalled that Naidu described BJP as religious and anti-secular party prior to 1996 but allied with the same party in 1999 general elections while dumping the communists after BJP came out with a charge sheet and threatened to investigate the allegations against him after coming to power.

“Both Naidu and BJP leaders later regretted their poll alliances but now Naidu has been finding a new attraction in BJP for electoral gains,” they said, demanding him to come clear on the reports of a possible alliance with the party.

The MLAs have condemned the utterances of Congress and TDP leaders making YSR responsible for the division of the state. “If YSR’s name has been unnecessarily dragged into the division issue, people will not forgive both the parties,” they warned.