INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The SP leader also "praised" Mr Naidu's efforts in developing Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's efforts to bring non-BJP parties onto a single platform to take on the BJP-led NDA.The
SP leader spoke to Mr Naidu over phone and stressed the need for saving the country from "dictatorial tendencies," a release from the Telugu
Desam Party in Amaravati said."Secularism is under threat
The BJP is damaging the federal spirit and democratic values are being destroyed
There is every need to bring all parties, opposed to BJP ideology, together," the release quoted the Samajwadi party leader as telling the
TDP supremo.While appreciating Mr Naidu's efforts to bring non-BJP parties onto a single platform, Akhilesh Yadav said his party would
support such moves."With the image you have at the national level, you should bring all non-BJP parties onto a single platform," he
added.The SP leader also "praised" Mr Naidu's efforts in developing Andhra Pradesh in the last four years, the TDP release said."Naidu also
stressed the need for bringing all non-BJP parties together and sought Samajwadi party's cooperation," it said.Mr Naidu recently expressed
confidence that "political compulsions" will bring together all non-BJP parties to fight the NDA in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.Mr Naidu,
who met string of opposition leaders in the national capital Saturday, had also said he will play the role of a "facilitator" in helping
evolve a credible alternative.
