Hyderabad, May 28 -- The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has played a key role in important decisions taken by successive central governments and is a trendsetter in welfare, reforms and development, said TDP president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

"TDP played a key role in many decisions taken by various central governments. What Andhra Pradesh thinks today, India thinks tomorrow - this has been proven several times," Naidu said during his inaugural address on the first day of the three-day Mahanadu, the party's biennial conclave being held at Kadapa.

He said that the TDP presented a report on Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during demonetisation in 2016.

"I requested only one thing-toda...