Hyderabad, Dec. 2 -- The former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and national president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Nara Chandrababu Naidu, on Thursday said that the party always strives to promote the Backward Classes (BCs) in politics and that TDP is the only political outfit that works for the flourishing of the community.

At a meeting with the BC community leaders and others at Jangareddygudem in Eluru district as part of the 'Idemi Kharma-Mana Rashtraniki' (What is this ill-fate for our state?), Chandrababu said, BCs, who are over 50 per cent of the total population, have been facing various problems.

"Knowing this fact, the former NT Rama Rao, when he was the chief minister of the combined Andhra Pradesh, made them partners i...