Setback for Opposition's bid to gain Telugu parties' backing for VP polls
New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- The Opposition's attempts to seek support from Telugu parties for its vice-presidential election candidate, former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy, has suffered a setback, with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) backing the ruling National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) nominee CP Radhakrishnan. According to a Congress leader aware of the details, the opposition party had reached out to TDP, YSRCP and BRS in an attempt to push lawmakers from the three parties to vote for a Telugu-speaking public figure in the September 9 elections. In Parliament, the TDP has 18 members, followed by YSRCP with 11 and BRS with four. However, the Congress did not get a favourable response from these parties.
After the NDA announced Maharashtra governor Radhakrishnan as its pick for the upcoming polls, the N Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP backed the alliance's candidate. Party leader and Naidu's son Nara Lokesh, in an August 19 post on X, said, "No ambiguity - only warmth, respect, and resolve. The NDA stands united."
BRS working president KT Rama Rao, on Friday, said, "No one has asked for our support," refuting the Opposition's claims that they reached out to the party. "Polls will be held on September 9. Our party will discuss and decide before the poll date." Rao had also said that BRS would support the party that would ensure 200,000 tonnes of urea for the state's farmers....
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