Opposition parties to meet on December 10, says Naidu
Opposition parties would meet on December 10 to prepare an agenda for the coalition, TDP President and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Saturday. The chief minister further said he does not aspire to occupy the prime minister post as there are many experienced leaders who are capable of acquiring the top post.
Naidu, who has been making efforts to put together an anti-BJP front, said his task is to develop Amaravati, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh coming up near Vijayawada.
"Some said who is the prime minister (in anti-BJP front). There are many with experience in the front. I don't have desire. I don't want to be (Prime Minister). I said politely. The reason for that is, I have to develop Amaravati. I have to develop the new state," he said.
"There are many competent persons in this. We will contest together. We will jointly take responsibility to select a competent Prime Minister. On (December) 10th, we are again having a meeting. We will sit in the meeting and decide the agenda," he added.
Naidu alleged that the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi disappointed the country despite having absolute majority and said Modi was an "elections PM" who criticised all at the time of polls.
"That's why we don't need elections PM. (We) need a PM who governs. Prime minister (should) be changed and a good PM put in place," he said.
Naidu, who was addressing a roadshow at Kukatpalli in Hyderabad in support of TDP candidate N Suhasini for the December 7 Assembly polls in Telangana, also asked in which front Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao is.
"At the national level, there are only two fronts. One, BJP. Second, anti-BJP front. Telugu Desam, Congress, we will be in anti-BJP front. I am asking KCR, which front you are in," he said.
Alleging that there was a tacit understanding the BJP and TRS, Naidu said, "Voting for KCR is voting for BJP."
