N Chandrababu Naidu, the head of the telugu desam party and a former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, seems to still be hopeful about forming a connection with the bharatiya janata party despite the latter's lack of response to his overtures. Given that the tdp cannot afford to lose politically by rejecting a tribal leader, let alone a woman, Naidu was free to lend his support to the NDA's candidate Droupathi Murmu for the presidency.
However, the tdp chief's overreaction to satisfy the bjp leaders during Murmu's visit to vijayawada demonstrated that he is willing to go to any length to further his political objectives. Since the tdp decided to endorse Murmu only on monday night, meeting with the tdp leaders was not on her agenda when she planned her trip to Vijayawada. But in order to prove his devotion to the bjp, Naidu made an enormous effort to meet with Murmu and make it a great occasion.
He encouraged G Kishan reddy, a minister for the Union, to set up a meeting between Murmu and the tdp MPs and MLAs in Vijayawada. He reserved a room at the Hotel Gateway Taj, a five-star establishment, and arranged for Murmu to meet with tdp supporters there. He also invited bjp officials, such as Somu Veerraju, a state-level official. bjp leaders Vakati Narayana reddy and Madhav, as well as G v L narasimha Rao's former colleague C M Ramesh, arrived at Hotel Gateway.
However, the tdp chief's overreaction to satisfy the bjp leaders during Murmu's visit to vijayawada demonstrated that he is willing to go to any length to further his political objectives. Since the tdp decided to endorse Murmu only on monday night, meeting with the tdp leaders was not on her agenda when she planned her trip to Vijayawada. But in order to prove his devotion to the bjp, Naidu made an enormous effort to meet with Murmu and make it a great occasion.
He encouraged G Kishan reddy, a minister for the Union, to set up a meeting between Murmu and the tdp MPs and MLAs in Vijayawada. He reserved a room at the Hotel Gateway Taj, a five-star establishment, and arranged for Murmu to meet with tdp supporters there. He also invited bjp officials, such as Somu Veerraju, a state-level official. bjp leaders Vakati Narayana reddy and Madhav, as well as G v L narasimha Rao's former colleague C M Ramesh, arrived at Hotel Gateway.
