Naidu wooing Naidu to NDA

Has Bharatiya Janata Party national leader M Venkaiah Naidu been designated as chief negotiator of the party to woo Telugu Desam party into the NDA fold?

There was a talk in the morning that Venkaiah came to Hyderabad on Tuesday only to meet Chandrababu Naidu and discuss the issue of the TDP joining the NDA. But the meeting did not take place till evening.

When media persons asked him the same, Venkaiah did not either confirm or deny the same. “I don’t want to name any party or person at this stage. But many parties are willing to join the NDA. However, any negotiations with any party would be done only after the declaration of election results on May 16,” he said.

To a question, he said the BJP would negotiate with any party, which would accept L K Advani as the Prime Minister and support the NDA government led by him.