Telugu Desam Party formed an alliance with the NDA
Capping protracted negotiations over the last fortnight, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar announced the alliance between the two parties at a press conference here today.
As per the seat-sharing arrangement worked out between the two parties, the saffron party would contest five Lok Sabha and 15 Assembly constituencies in Seemandhra and eight parliamentary and 47 Assembly seats in Telangana.
The list of the constituencies to be contested by the parties would be declared in a couple of days, Naidu said. Describing the alliance between TDP and BJP as a "lucky one," Naidu exuded confidence that NDA would get over 300 seats (in Lok Sabha elections) this time.
"Modi is a development man. Irrespective of religion, region and communities, Modi is being supported. Our goal is Congress free India and corruption free India," said Naidu, who had supported the earlier NDA government at the Centre but parted ways due to TDP's objections on the Gujarat riots' issue.
