TDP pulls out of NDA Live updates: BJP has called its Andhra Pradesh leaders to New Delhi. The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after TDP MPs created ruckus in the House. Shiv Sena has said that it will not withdraw support to the NDA, at least for now. A TDP MP said that BJP has "started to play its dirty games".
Telugu Desam Party delivered a huge blow to the NDA alliance at the Centre when party chief Chandrababu Naidu announced that the party will no more continue with the alliance. TDP, which had initially backed a no-confidence motion in Parliament, has now decided to introduce a fresh no-confidence motion. Opposition parties like Trinamool Congress, Biju Janata Dal and now Left Front has decided to support TDP's motion of no confidence.
BJP has reacted to TDP pulling out of the NDA and said the party will not succumb to "blackmail". TDP will move a no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government in the Lok Sabha. Andhra Pradesh CMO also released a statement on TDP leaving the NDA.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has pulled out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said that his TDP was ready to support no-confidence motion against the BJP-led NDA government while the party's politburo on Friday is expected to take a decision on pulling out of the alliance.
File image of Chandrababu Naidu. Twitter@ncbn
The TDP president told the state legislative Assembly that the party is ready to back the no-trust motion. The TDP had last week pulled out its two ministers from the Central government over the demand for special category status to the state.
TDP became the first party to leave the coalition since it came to power at the Centre in 2014.
YSR Congress Party, the principal Opposition party in Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday submitted a notice to move the no-confidence motion against the NDA government in Lok Sabha. The party alleged that the central government has gone back on the commitment made in the Parliament that Andhra Pradesh will be accorded the special category status.
Without naming YSR Congress, Naidu said in the state Assembly that TDP will back the no-confidence motion moved by any party to pressurize the Central government.
He made it clear that the TDP will not compromise against the state's interests. "We are ready to go to any extent to fight for the state's interests," he said.
Interacting with TDP MPs and later addressing a public meeting, Naidu slammed actor politician Pawan Kalyan for his bitter attack on the TDP. The Jana Sena chief at a public meeting on Wednesday alleged that TDP betrayed the people. He also made allegations of corruption against the TDP government.
Launching a counter attack, Naidu said instead of joining him in pulling up Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not fulfilling commitments made to the state, some new parties were trying to weaken the TDP for their narrow political interests. He said he would expose in a day or two those who compromised against the state's interests.
"He saw no corruption for four years and now suddenly he is seeing corruption," Naidu said referring to Pawan Kalyan's allegation.
During his interaction with TDP MPs, Naidu learnt to have remarked that BJP is trying to use some parties to politically destabilise Andhra Pradesh like the way it did to Tamil Nadu.
With inputs from agencies
Published Date: Mar 16, 2018 12:40 PM | Updated Date: Mar 16, 2018 13:03 PM
Highlights
What does govt fear? They have huge majority in Lok Sabha: Shashi Tharoor
BJP calls its Andhra Pradesh leaders to New Delhi: News18
TDP had to yet again follow YSRCP's lead: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
SAD says it is 'solidly standing with the BJP'
How TDP's move changes the numbers game in the Lok Sabha
The NDA had stormed to power with 336 seats in 2014, of which the BJP alone claimed 282 seats. However, a series of bypolls that went against the saffron party meant that its tally in the Lok Sabha currently stands at 273 seats. When one adds the allies the BJP does have by its side — Shiv Sena, JD(U), Apna Dal, LJP, SAD, RLSP, PDP — the tally rises to 312. If the TDP can be persuaded to come around once again, this could rise to 328, a comfortable majority.
Click here to read the full analysis.
Shiv Sena says it won't pull out of NDA at least till November
"Shiv Sena will not withdraw support to the NDA till November at least," A senior Shiv Sena leader told Firstpost.
For the past week, Uddhav Thackeray has been meeting the Shiv Sena's Maharashtra MLAs and MLCs on a one-on-one basis to discuss the move to part ways with the BJP, according to the senior leader.
Parties scared of BJP are coming together: GVL Narasimha Rao
"All parties that are scared and terrified of the BJP's emergence are coming together, as it happens in a jungle. They are not doing anything for public interest," said BJP's GVL Narasimha Rao.
During no-confidence motion, you have to talk about govt's failures: Mallikarjun Kharge
CPM supports no-confidence motion against BJP govt: Sitaram Yechury
BJP puts up brave face after TDP's exit from NDA
Left with no option after the formal exit of TDP from the ruling NDA, the BJP tried to put up a brave face. Reacting to TDP's decision, BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said that it is a great opportunity for the party to grow on its own in Andhra Pradesh. Attacking its former ally, the BJP spokesperson further claimed that the TDP has decided to quit NDA to divert people's attention from the failures of Chandrababu Naidu government.
BJP authors, BJP ditches
In a bid to tide over anger of Andhra people due to its complicity in arbitrary bifurcation resulting in a strong perception of injustice, the BJP authored special status and made the then UPA regime to accept its demand.
During the 2014 campaign, Modii's unique Selling Proposition (USP) was that it authored special status and shall implement it for 15 years as the UPA promised for 5 years only.
After TDP exit, Nitish Kumar's JD(U) demands Bihar's Special Status demand should be taken seriously
On a day the Telegu Desam Party severed its ties with the BJP, another ally Janata Dal (United) has said that the special status demand for Bihar should also be “taken seriously”. JD(U) leader KC Tyagi told reporters in Delhi that “earlier Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also asked for special status and we will continue to fight for it”.
An ally of the BJP, JD(U), returned to the NDA after a brief hiatus last year when Nitish Kumar walked out of the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar after having contested and won the last elections in alliance with the BJP.
We won't surrender to any blackmail, says BJP's GVL Narasimha Rao
"We went out of the way to accommodate our allies. Did they have numbers? These smaller parties tend to lose sleep over growing dominance of BJP. We will not surrender to any blackmail," says Narsimha Rao.
Before actual elections, there is always a rehearsal in Parliament, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Speaking to ANI, BJP leader and MoS Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says, "Will see what happens in Parliament, which party chooses to go which way. In a way, it is election year and every state has demands and issues, it is not right for us to comment on it. It is a custom, before actual elections there is always a rehearsal in Parliament."
TDP MP Thota Narasimhan has written to LS Secretary-General to move a motion on 'No-Confidence in the Council of Ministers' in the Lower House
Popularity of Jagan Mohan and Modi wave in Andhra ahead of 2014 forced Naidu to go for BJP alliance
The TDP had returned to BJP-led NDA a month before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. It had severed ties with the BJP after its debacle at the hands of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy-led Congress in 2004. Naidu had even called BJP a communal party which had drowned him with it.
The popularity of Jagan Mohan Reddy and the Modi wave in urban pockets of Andhra Pradesh forced Naidu to go for an alliance with the BJP. He had taken a huge risk and it had paid off. But the relationship has never been the same post results. Naidu was miffed with Modi over allocation of portfolios to no special aid to Andhra Pradesh.
Doomsday narrative and 'special' sentiment
The doomsday political narrative built around bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in the run-up to 2014 and later especially for political reasons created a strong sentiment of special category status for the beleaguered state. But, in this case as such doomsday narrative still pervades Andhra political discourse the special status promise remains politically sensitive. Hence, the regional parties are constrained to co-operate against the political arrogance displayed by so called national parties.
Mamata Banerjee welcomes TDP's decision to leave NDA
We will not surrender to blackmail: BJP
"We went out of the way to accommodate our allies. Did they have numbers? These smaller parties tend to lose sleep over growing dominance of BJP. We will not surrender to any blackmail," News18 quoted BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao as saying.
BJP means 'Break Janata Promise': TDP
TDP may ally with BSP and SP
News18 quoted sources as saying that N Chandrababu Naidu may call on BSP chief Mayawati and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to create a new alliance.
AIADMK will support no-confidence motion if Centre fails to constitute Cauvery Management Board
BJP has cheated Telugu people: Andhra Pradesh minister
13:03 (IST)
What does govt fear? They have huge majority in Lok Sabha: Shashi Tharoor
12:39 (IST)
BJP calls its Andhra Pradesh leaders to New Delhi: News18
12:37 (IST)
Race is on between YSRCP and TDP
12:24 (IST)
TDP had to yet again follow YSRCP's lead: YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
12:18 (IST)
We stand united for the respect of the Telugu people: Renuka Chowdhury
12:07 (IST)
Lok Sabha adjourned for the day
Ironically, Sumitra Mahajan — before adjourning the House — said that she would take the no-confidence motion into consideration if the House was in order. Yet, the protesting MPs continued shouting.
12:05 (IST)
TDP MPs storm Well of Lok Sabha
There is absolute chaos in the House.
12:04 (IST)
Congress lost an opportunity to regain the confidence of people in Andhra Pradesh
Even as the rival regional parties in Andhra Pradesh, the TDP and the YSR Congress are competing for reaping maximum political mileage on the ongoing issue of denial of special status, Congress chooses to be on the sideline. Congress, instead of taking a lead in mobilising national political opinion on the injustice meted out by the Modi dispensation to Andhra Pradesh, lost the initiative and is now compelled to join the TDP bandwagon.
Congress was vilified for the arbitrary bifurcation of the state. The party did not even get a representation in the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh. Remember, the success in united Andhra Pradesh was critical for scripting the UPA story in 2004.
11:57 (IST)
For both TDP and YSRCP, the audience is back home: Senior journalist
11:55 (IST)
Congress supports no-confidence, but looks politically nervous
Congress has extended support for the no-confidence motion but has its own version of the story. Congress leader in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, said that his party would support the no-confidence motion moved by Andhra Pradesh regional parties in the interests of the people of the state.
But he went on to question both the TDP and the YSR Congress on why they failed to do anything for all these four years and decided to move no-confidence at this stage. Is this for political reasons? the congress leader told the media.
The Congress conditional response only indicates the party's nervousness. Being the main opposition party in Lok Sabha, why did the party fail to mobilise larger national political opinion on the demands of Andhra Pradesh?
11:45 (IST)
SAD says it is 'solidly standing with the BJP'
11:38 (IST)
AAP supports no-confidence motion: Times Now
11:37 (IST)
TDP is finding the going tough in Andhra Pradesh: BJP
11:36 (IST)
How TDP's move changes the numbers game in the Lok Sabha
The NDA had stormed to power with 336 seats in 2014, of which the BJP alone claimed 282 seats. However, a series of bypolls that went against the saffron party meant that its tally in the Lok Sabha currently stands at 273 seats. When one adds the allies the BJP does have by its side — Shiv Sena, JD(U), Apna Dal, LJP, SAD, RLSP, PDP — the tally rises to 312. If the TDP can be persuaded to come around once again, this could rise to 328, a comfortable majority.
Click here to read the full analysis.
11:31 (IST)
No-confidence motion may only be the first move
11:28 (IST)
Shiv Sena says it won't pull out of NDA at least till November
"Shiv Sena will not withdraw support to the NDA till November at least," A senior Shiv Sena leader told Firstpost.
For the past week, Uddhav Thackeray has been meeting the Shiv Sena's Maharashtra MLAs and MLCs on a one-on-one basis to discuss the move to part ways with the BJP, according to the senior leader.
11:26 (IST)
Watch visuals of TDP MPs' protest at Parliament:
11:26 (IST)
Parties scared of BJP are coming together: GVL Narasimha Rao
"All parties that are scared and terrified of the BJP's emergence are coming together, as it happens in a jungle. They are not doing anything for public interest," said BJP's GVL Narasimha Rao.
11:19 (IST)
BJP has started playing dirty games: TDP MP
11:18 (IST)
During no-confidence motion, you have to talk about govt's failures: Mallikarjun Kharge
11:16 (IST)
MIM will support no-confidence motion: Asaduddin Owaisi
11:15 (IST)
CPM supports no-confidence motion against BJP govt: Sitaram Yechury
11:13 (IST)
BJP puts up brave face after TDP's exit from NDA
Left with no option after the formal exit of TDP from the ruling NDA, the BJP tried to put up a brave face. Reacting to TDP's decision, BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said that it is a great opportunity for the party to grow on its own in Andhra Pradesh. Attacking its former ally, the BJP spokesperson further claimed that the TDP has decided to quit NDA to divert people's attention from the failures of Chandrababu Naidu government.
11:11 (IST)
BJP authors, BJP ditches
In a bid to tide over anger of Andhra people due to its complicity in arbitrary bifurcation resulting in a strong perception of injustice, the BJP authored special status and made the then UPA regime to accept its demand.
During the 2014 campaign, Modii's unique Selling Proposition (USP) was that it authored special status and shall implement it for 15 years as the UPA promised for 5 years only.
11:09 (IST)
After TDP exit, Nitish Kumar's JD(U) demands Bihar's Special Status demand should be taken seriously
On a day the Telegu Desam Party severed its ties with the BJP, another ally Janata Dal (United) has said that the special status demand for Bihar should also be “taken seriously”. JD(U) leader KC Tyagi told reporters in Delhi that “earlier Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also asked for special status and we will continue to fight for it”.
An ally of the BJP, JD(U), returned to the NDA after a brief hiatus last year when Nitish Kumar walked out of the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar after having contested and won the last elections in alliance with the BJP.
10:53 (IST)
We won't surrender to any blackmail, says BJP's GVL Narasimha Rao
"We went out of the way to accommodate our allies. Did they have numbers? These smaller parties tend to lose sleep over growing dominance of BJP. We will not surrender to any blackmail," says Narsimha Rao.
10:50 (IST)
Before actual elections, there is always a rehearsal in Parliament, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Speaking to ANI, BJP leader and MoS Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says, "Will see what happens in Parliament, which party chooses to go which way. In a way, it is election year and every state has demands and issues, it is not right for us to comment on it. It is a custom, before actual elections there is always a rehearsal in Parliament."
10:45 (IST)
TDP MP Thota Narasimhan has written to LS Secretary-General to move a motion on 'No-Confidence in the Council of Ministers' in the Lower House
10:41 (IST)
Popularity of Jagan Mohan and Modi wave in Andhra ahead of 2014 forced Naidu to go for BJP alliance
The TDP had returned to BJP-led NDA a month before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. It had severed ties with the BJP after its debacle at the hands of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy-led Congress in 2004. Naidu had even called BJP a communal party which had drowned him with it.
The popularity of Jagan Mohan Reddy and the Modi wave in urban pockets of Andhra Pradesh forced Naidu to go for an alliance with the BJP. He had taken a huge risk and it had paid off. But the relationship has never been the same post results. Naidu was miffed with Modi over allocation of portfolios to no special aid to Andhra Pradesh.
10:38 (IST)
Doomsday narrative and 'special' sentiment
The doomsday political narrative built around bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in the run-up to 2014 and later especially for political reasons created a strong sentiment of special category status for the beleaguered state. But, in this case as such doomsday narrative still pervades Andhra political discourse the special status promise remains politically sensitive. Hence, the regional parties are constrained to co-operate against the political arrogance displayed by so called national parties.
10:32 (IST)
Mamata Banerjee welcomes TDP's decision to leave NDA
10:28 (IST)
We will not surrender to blackmail: BJP
"We went out of the way to accommodate our allies. Did they have numbers? These smaller parties tend to lose sleep over growing dominance of BJP. We will not surrender to any blackmail," News18 quoted BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao as saying.
10:25 (IST)
BJP means 'Break Janata Promise': TDP
10:22 (IST)
We tried our best to be together: TDP
10:18 (IST)
What made the rival Andhra parties unite to express no-confidence?
What made the rival Andhra parties unite to express no-confidence? The special status was presented as the only hope of rebuilding the truncated state. As the 'special' sentiment flows thick and fast through the Krishna-Godavari rivers, the warring political parties of Andhra Pradesh have no option except to unite. Both the central and state BJP fail to sell its version of the 'special' narrative making the entire Andhra political spectra to turn hostile to saffron party.
10:16 (IST)
No-confidence motion will present optics of Modi vs the rest
The no-confidence motion will present the optics of a Modi versus the rest. But that is at the national stage. In the state, the TDP will still be ranged against YSR Congress.
10:11 (IST)
Trust deficit between TDP and BJP at the heart of this row
10:08 (IST)
Andhra Pradesh CMO releases statement
10:07 (IST)
Important day in Parliament
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10:04 (IST)
TDP may ally with BSP and SP
News18 quoted sources as saying that N Chandrababu Naidu may call on BSP chief Mayawati and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to create a new alliance.
09:59 (IST)
AIADMK will support no-confidence motion if Centre fails to constitute Cauvery Management Board
09:48 (IST)
TDP MP says his party will move no-confidence motion in Parliament
09:39 (IST)
BJP has cheated Telugu people: Andhra Pradesh minister