The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) extended its support to the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu at a strategy committee meeting chaired by N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday.
Underscoring the party’s commitment to uplifting the downtrodden and the marginalised, Mr. Naidu said the TDP’s support to Ms. Murmu was in tune with its endorsement of the candidature of K.R. Narayanan, a Dalit, and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, a Muslim, for the President’s post.
“The TDP was instrumental in electing G.M.C. Balayogi, who belonged to the Scheduled Castes, as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and electing K. Pratibha Bharati as the Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The TDP had also elevated K. Yerran Naidu as Union Minister. This proves the TDP’s commitment to social justice,” Mr. Naidu said in a press release.
