Chandrababu Naidu meets Sonia Gandhi

May 19, 2019 17:03

Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday met Sonia Gandhi and also held a second round of talks with top opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar, in an apparent bid to rally support for a non-BJP government at the Centre.

Naidu, who arrived in the national capital on Friday, had met Rahul Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party chief Pawar, Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav and leaders of the Communist Party of India on Saturday as well.

He then flew to Lucknow and met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati.

Sundays meeting assumes significance as Naidu is meeting Gandhi and Pawar after holding talks with the SP and BSP chiefs, who have not openly come in favour of an opposition alliance so far.

The TDP chiefs deliberations are part of his efforts to unite non-NDA parties and bring them together on one platform to stake their claim for the next government formation in case the NDA fails to get the majority mark.

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