Nara Chandrababu Naidu, supremo of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has done it again. His political heel is flexible enough that it can rotate 360 degrees. His political ideology is malleable and ductile. It takes the shape of the container, at his will.
Naidu’s TDP contested as an alliance partner of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), after breaking ranks with the BJP. Now, it’s clearly drifting towards the Congress. Last week, Naidu was seen rubbing shoulders with Congress president Rahul Gandhi in full public view. His camaraderie with Rahul Gandhi on the dais of HD Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in ceremony in Bengaluru on Wednesday is an attempt to impress upon the Congress bosses that he could be the binding glue for all anti-BJP forces.
