Predictions of a stormy Monsoon Session of Parliament and the imperative for the Central government to clear the Government of National Capital of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, are being cited as reasons for the BJP underplaying the significance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s meeting with Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader N. Chandrababu Naidu.
The two leaders, Mr. Shah and Mr. Naidu, met in New Delhi last weekend and while it has been tacitly acknowledged by both parties that an alliance between BJP and TDP has been agreed upon for the two Telugu speaking States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, no official confirmation is forthcoming.
This, according to the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), the ruling party in Andhra Pradesh and fierce rivals of the TDP, is largely to continue receiving unstinting support in Parliament from the YSRCP for any contentious legislation that the Centre needs to get cleared. “The Union government has already reached out to us soliciting parliamentary support for the passage of the Delhi Ordinance during the Monsoon Session,” said a senior source in the YSRCP. The party says it will be supporting the passage of the Ordinance.
