After serving the party for a few years, I stayed away from politics for close to three decades. I joined the BJP in 2014 on the invitation of Venkaiah Naidu (now Vice President) and became an MLA," Srinivas, who is a doctor by profession, said. He expressed satisfaction that he had discharged his duties as a minister without a single complaint. "I felt very happy when the chief minister told me there was not a single complaint against me," he said. Earlier in the day, several ministers met the two BJP members in their chambers and had a friendly chat with them. Last night, the TDP decided to exit the NDA government at the Centre, peeved over Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's stance on the state's demand for grant of special category status. TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, however, did not announce snapping of ties with the BJP and said he would take a call on this later. The BJP also decided to pull out of the coalition government in Andhra Pradesh after two TDP ministers in the Union Cabinet -- Civil Aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Minister of State for Science and Technology Y S Chowdary -- decided to quit.
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