Terming the TDP's decision a "win for democracy", Reddy asserted his party would continue to fight for Special Category Status (SCS) for Andhra Pradesh.
"I welcome the TDP's decision to leave the NDA. The current situation warrants such action to save the country from disaster," the TMC supremo said in a tweet.
The party also moved a no-confidence motion against the Modi government over the injustice meted out to the state.
The first week of the second part of the Budget session which began on March 5 had been a virtual washout.
The Telugu Desam Party, which pulled out of the Modi government this week, today said its alliance with the BJP was still on, though it was 'severely hurt' by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks on assistance to Andhra Pradesh.
TDP on Thursday pulled out of the Modi government but kept a window open for rapprochement by deciding to remain part of the NDA.
Party spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said the BJP sees the resignations of two TDP ministers as an inevitable outcome driven by the regional party's "political compulsions" ahead of the assembly polls in the state next year.
Their resignations came a day after TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced that the party's ministers will quit the central government in protest against its refusal to grant special category status to the state.
Medical and Health Minister Srinivas Rao and Endowments Minister Manikyala Rao met the Chief Minister in his chamber in the Assembly and handed the letters of resignation to him.
"At that time, special category state concept did exist. But, according to 14th Finance Commission there is no special category status now to be given," the finance minister added.
TDP is a part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the centre while the Bharatiya Janata Party is the junior ally in TDP-led government in the state.
As of June 16, all the major seven domestic airlines had barred Reddy from their flights. It was alleged that he had in June created ruckus at the Visakhapatnam airport.
Women legislators of the ruling TDP and Opposition YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh nearly came to blows in the premises of the legislative assembly.
A video of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislator Jaleel Khan has gone viral on social media in which the Vijayawada city (West) MLA is seen lying about his education qualifications.
Vijayawada: The Centre's failure to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh has brought down the “rating” of ruling TDP and BJP in the state, TDP Member of Parliament Rayapati Srinivasa Rao said yesterday. “The
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