Hyderabad: Telugu Desam chief N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday shared the dais in Delhi with prime ministerial candidate of the BJP Narendra Modi, thus signalling a possible tie-up with the BJP in t
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam chief N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday shared the dais in Delhi with prime ministerial candidate of the BJP Narendra Modi, thus signalling a possible tie-up with the BJP in the 2014 elections. Naidu and Modi spent several hours at the finale of Manthan, a nationwide contest on innovative solutions to 14 challenges the country is facing. The event was organised by Citizens of Accountable Governance, a Delhi-based organisation, with Naidu inaugurating the convention and Mr Modi giving the concluding address. Later, they had a brief one-on-one meeting for 10 minutes. No formal meeting has taken place between the leaders of the two parties as yet, but TD MP C.M. Ramesh told this correspondent, -"The TD-BJP tie-up is the need of the hour to defeat the Congress both at the Centre and in the state. Our leader Chandrababu is always against the Congress. He is playing a key role in building anti-Congress forces to defeat the Congress in the next elections. This (meeting Modi) is part of that grand plan.-" Naidu had been highly critical of the Gujarat Chief Minister in the wake of the communal riots in that state and had even snapped ties with the BJP-led NDA coalition in 2004. But as they say, in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies. Addressing the convention attended by around 10,000 students, Naidu said the Congress-led UPA’s 10-year rule had made the country financially weak. He said economic reforms were introduced by P.V. Narasimha Rao and were given further impetus during NDA rule.
