NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, whose occasion Janata Dal (Secular) is part of the BJP-led NDA coalition on the Centre, on Thursday claimed within the Rajya Sabha that Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh who has pledged TDP’s assist to the Modi regime, wished to be vice-chairman of the “NDA”, however this was not consented to by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The declare, in fact, was instantly denied by Chief of the Home in Rajya Sabha J P Nadda, who mentioned that he, additionally as president of the BJP, wish to make clear that no dialogue regarding management of NDA had taken place amongst its constituent events, all of which had unanimously agreed to place their weight behind and work below the management of the Prime Minister (Modi)”.
Earlier, talking through the dialogue on movement of due to the President’s handle within the Rajya Sabha, Deve Gowda defended his occasion’s stance to assist the Modi authorities, recalling how his occasion has labored with the BJP to kind the government in Karnataka and fought Lok Sabha polls collectively final yr, together with his son H D Kumaraswamy getting elected and turning into a Union minister.
Recalling that the BJP was elected for its third time period on the Centre with 240 seats, which was in need of majority mark in Lok Sabha however regional allies introduced within the requisite numbers, Deve Gowda claimed that Chandrababu Naidu, as chief of TDP that gained 16 seats in Lok Sabha, had expressed his want to turn out to be NDA vice-chairman however “Modiji said no…nothing doing”.
“Modiji has not agreed. He knows how to run the administration. He has got experience both as Prime Minister and chief minister. He is the only tallest leader in the country,” claimed the previous PM.
Nadda’s denial nonetheless sought to set the file straight; he misplaced no time in refuting the declare, saying that not solely has the matter (NDA vice-chairmanship) by no means come up for dialogue inside the NDA however that every one allies have resolved to face firmly with the government led by PM Modi.
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