The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), NDA’s big ally at the Centre, is unhappy with the Union Budget 2018, which, it said,  hardly made any allocations for Andhra Pradesh. This morning, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, it is learnt, called a Cabinet meeting in Amaravati where he voiced his disappointment with the Budget in strong words. In an indication that the coalition could be in trouble, the CM is also likely to hold a meeting as soon as this Sunday or next week to review the TDP-BJP alliance. TDP and BJP had contested the 2014 elections in alliance but relations between the two have since soured as the TDP felt that the Centre, after the bifurcation of the state in 2014, neglected Andhra Pradesh making it reel under huge revenue deficit. The state also believes that the Centre was not giving adequate funds for construction of its new capital, Amaravati.
Recently, CM Naidu had asked his colleagues in the party and Cabinet to refrain from making any comments against BJP leaders or react to their criticism of TDP or even the CM. “I am sticking to the coalition dharma and keeping quiet. I am also restraining my colleagues from speaking out against the BJP. But if they do not want us, I will say ‘namaste’ and walk away,” he had said.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), NDA’s big ally at the Centre, is unhappy with the Union Budget 2018, which, it said,  hardly made any allocations for Andhra Pradesh. This morning, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, it is learnt, called a Cabinet meeting in Amaravati where he voiced his disappointment with the Budget in strong words. In an indication that the coalition could be in trouble, the CM is also likely to hold a meeting as soon as this Sunday or next week to review the TDP-BJP alliance. TDP and BJP had contested the 2014 elections in alliance but relations between the two have since soured as the TDP felt that the Centre, after the bifurcation of the state in 2014, neglected Andhra Pradesh making it reel under huge revenue deficit. The state also believes that the Centre was not giving adequate funds for construction of its new capital, Amaravati.
Recently, CM Naidu had asked his colleagues in the party and Cabinet to refrain from making any comments against BJP leaders or react to their criticism of TDP or even the CM. “I am sticking to the coalition dharma and keeping quiet. I am also restraining my colleagues from speaking out against the BJP. But if they do not want us, I will say ‘namaste’ and walk away,” he had said.