The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has been unanimously elected as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leader in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly by the alliance partners on June 11 (Tuesday.) Later, the NDA leaders submitted a letter to this effect to Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer, who would invite Mr. Naidu to form the government.
A meeting of the NDA partners, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Jana Sena Party (JSP), and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was held in Vijayawada. JSP chief Pawan Kalyan proposed the name of Mr. Naidu as the leader of the NDA in the Legislative Assembly, which was unanimously approved by all the partners. BJP State president Daggubati Purandeswari and the MLAs-elect of the TDP, the JSP and the BJP were present.
TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu with Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan during the meeting of the NDA MLAs-elect of Andhra Pradesh held in Vijayawada on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The NDA allies will hand over their letters of support to Mr. Naidu to begin the process of formation of a new government. The letters, along with the number of MLAs of the JSP and the BJP, are meant to be submitted to the Governor in order to formally stake claim to form the government.
Meanwhile, the MLAs-elect of the JSP have elected Pawan Kalyan as their floor leader.
In the recent Assembly polls, the TDP won 135 seats, Jana Sena bagged 21 and the BJP got eight seats.
The hot topic of discussion among the political circles currently is that Mr. Pawan Kalyan might be proposed as the Deputy Chief Minister and that the JSP might get five berths in the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet. The BJP is being tipped to get two Cabinet posts.
