Amaravati, November 11: In order to fight against the saffron party, all the anti-BJP parties have called a meeting in New Delhi on November 22 to talk about their future course of action and to build a grand anti-BJP front ahead of the next general elections. The announcement was made by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu when he was addressing a meeting with Congress general secretary Ashok Gehlot in Andhra Pradesh's capital Amaravati. On Friday, he met Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo MK Stalin in Chennai.
"We are all together in bringing parties on one platform. One or two may have differences of opinion. We (TDP) had differences with Congress for 40 years but at the same time now we are working how to bring together all. Democracy is important. It is for people to sink their differences. People are prepared now," he told reporters after an hour-long meeting with Stalin at his residence. Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu to Expand Cabinet on Sunday.
Naidu said that he had already met many leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Farooq Abdullah, Sharad Pawar, and others and would meet West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on November 19 or 20. Centre Creating Differences Between Andhra, Telangana: Chandrababu Naidu.
Gehlot while speaking to media said nobody was happy in the last four and a half years of Bharatiya Janata Patry's government, whether its farmer, women, youth, the poor's or trader. Calling the situation as an undeclared emergency, he said the centre has destroyed institutions such as the judiciary, Election Commission and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
On Thursday, Naidu had a meeting with former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru. After the meeting, all the leaders stressed that its time to unite the opposition and save India from BJP.
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