TDP quits NDA, updates: TRS dubs no-confidence motion 'political gimmick', says it won't support move

AIADMK's conditional support to no-trust motion 

After Andhra Pradesh's ruling TDP pulled out of the BJP-led NDA and said it will move a no-confidence motion against the government, Tamil Nadu's AIADMK set conditions for its support to the no-trust vote.

MDMK leader Vaiko urged the AIADMK to utilise the opportunity to put pressure on the BJP-led Central government to set up a Cauvery Management Board (CMB) if it needed support against the no-confidence motion.

Former MP and AIADMK spokesperson KC Palanisamy told IANS: "If the Centre refuses to set up the CMB and the Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee (CWRC) as the Supreme Court ordered, the AIADMK may support the no-trust motion."

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Can Narendra Modi not give an hour's time if allies are fighting in both Houses, asks Chandrababu Naidu 

In a tweet, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu accused the Narendra Modi-led government of "neglecting" Andhra Pradesh's demands. "If the allies are fighting in both the Houses, can the prime minister not give an hour's time," he asked. 

"I waited till Thursday. There was nothing in the finance bill (for Andhra Pradesh). We had to get out of the NDA," he said.

TRS to not support no-confidence motion against NDA govt

Narendra Modi government has enough numbers to defeat no-confidence motion

Notwithstanding the TDP quitting the NDA, the BJP-led government still has a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha having the support of around 315 members and on its own has 274 — well above the current halfway mark of 270.

After the recent losses in the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar bypolls, the BJP on its own has 274 members and the allies account for 41 members.

They include a sulking Shiv Sena (18), which has still not said which way it will vote in a no-cofidence motion by the TDP.

The others are the Lok Janshakti Party (6), Akali Dal (4), Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (3), Apna Dal (2), JD(U), which has 2 members. AINRC, JKPDP, NPP, PMK, SDF, and Swabhimani Paksha each have one member in the Lok Sabha.

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Chandrababu Naidu targets PMO, alleges conspiracy

During a teleconference with TDP politburo members, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu trained guns on the BJP for using TDP's rivals to weaken the party and politically destabilize the state.

According to TDP sources, Naidu alleged that the BJP was running a drama with the help of YSR Congress Party on one side and actor politician Pawan Kalyan on the other.

Naidu said YSR Congress MP Vijay Sai Reddy was running around the PMO, which proves the conspiracy against the TDP and the state.  "By giving appointments to A1 and A2, what message the PMO is sending to people," he asked in a reference to YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy and Vijay Sai Reddy, who were accused in corruption cases.

"What has an economic offender to do in PMO?" he asked, reiterating the allegation that the YSR Congress was acting at the behest of the BJP.

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Had special status been granted, this situation would not have arisen: Chandrababu Naidu tells Andhra Pradesh Assembly

"TDP has survived many crises and we can sail through this situation. I wrote many letters to the Centre. Recently, I also gave a letter to the prime minister but nothing materialised," said Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

AIADMK calls TDP's ouster 'opportunistic'

Modi wave has receded, says Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena wrote a strongly worded editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana, saying the Modi wave that swept the NDA to power four years ago has receded and "people can see everything clearly" today.

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Jaganmohan Reddy claims credit for TDP's decision to split

Andhra Pradesh will be another Tripura: BJP

BJP's tally may drop by 110 seats, says Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena has taunted the BJP, saying the party's voteshare in the next Lok Sabha elections may drop by 100-110 seats going by current trends and bypoll results, and the party needs to look inwards rather than foreign countries. "Amidst all this, it is clear now, that in 2019, the BJP's numbers will not be 280, but it will plummet by at least 100-110 seats. The elections are not being fought in Russia, America, Canada, France or Israel, but in India. So they (BJP) should keep their feet on the ground here," the Sena warned, in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana.

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BJP confident despite TDP's exit

The BJP said the TDP's exit from the NDA and a subsequent no-confidence motion against the central government will not affect the party's chances.

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How TDP's move changes the numbers game in the Lok Sabha

The NDA had stormed to power with 336 seats in 2014, of which the BJP alone claimed 282 seats. However, a series of bypolls that went against the saffron party meant that its tally in the Lok Sabha currently stands at 273 seats. When one adds the allies the BJP does have by its side — Shiv Sena, JD(U), Apna Dal, LJP, SAD, RLSP, PDP — the tally rises to 312. If the TDP can be persuaded to come around once again, this could rise to 328, a comfortable majority.

Shiv Sena says it won't pull out of NDA at least till November

"Shiv Sena will not withdraw support to the NDA till November at least," A senior Shiv Sena leader told Firstpost.

For the past week, Uddhav Thackeray has been meeting the Shiv Sena's Maharashtra MLAs and MLCs on a one-on-one basis to discuss the move to part ways with the BJP, according to the senior leader.

Parties scared of BJP are coming together: GVL Narasimha Rao

"All parties that are scared and terrified of the BJP's emergence are coming together, as it happens in a jungle. They are not doing anything for public interest," said BJP's GVL Narasimha Rao.

During no-confidence motion, you have to talk about govt's failures: Mallikarjun Kharge

CPM supports no-confidence motion against BJP govt: Sitaram Yechury

BJP puts up brave face after TDP's exit from NDA 

Left with no option after the formal exit of TDP from the ruling NDA, the BJP tried to put up a brave face. Reacting to TDP's decision, BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said that it is a great opportunity for the party to grow on its own in Andhra Pradesh. Attacking its former ally, the BJP spokesperson further claimed that the TDP has decided to quit NDA to divert people's attention from the failures of Chandrababu Naidu government.

BJP authors, BJP ditches

In a bid to tide over anger of Andhra people due to its complicity in arbitrary bifurcation resulting in a strong perception of injustice, the BJP authored special status and made the then UPA regime to accept its demand.

During the 2014 campaign, Modii's unique Selling Proposition (USP) was that it authored special status and shall implement it for 15 years as the UPA promised for 5 years only.

After TDP exit, Nitish Kumar's JD(U) demands Bihar's Special Status demand should be taken seriously

On a day the Telegu Desam Party severed its ties with the BJP, another ally Janata Dal (United) has said that the special status demand for Bihar should also be “taken seriously”. JD(U) leader KC Tyagi told reporters in Delhi that “earlier Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also asked for special status and we will continue to fight for it”.

An ally of the BJP, JD(U), returned to the NDA after a brief hiatus last year when Nitish Kumar walked out of the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar after having contested and won the last elections in alliance with the BJP.

We won't surrender to any blackmail, says BJP's GVL Narasimha Rao

"We went out of the way to accommodate our allies. Did they have numbers? These smaller parties tend to lose sleep over growing dominance of BJP. We will not surrender to any blackmail," says Narsimha Rao.

Before actual elections, there is always a rehearsal in Parliament, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

TDP MP Thota Narasimhan has written to LS Secretary-General to move a motion on 'No-Confidence in the Council of Ministers' in the Lower House

Popularity of Jagan Mohan and Modi wave in Andhra ahead of 2014 forced Naidu to go for BJP alliance

The TDP had returned to BJP-led NDA a month before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. It had severed ties with the BJP after its debacle at the hands of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy-led Congress in 2004. Naidu had even called BJP a communal party which had drowned him with it.

The popularity of Jagan Mohan Reddy and the Modi wave in urban pockets of Andhra Pradesh forced Naidu to go for an alliance with the BJP. He had taken a huge risk and it had paid off. But the relationship has never been the same post results. Naidu was miffed with Modi over allocation of portfolios to no special aid to Andhra Pradesh.

Doomsday narrative and 'special' sentiment

The doomsday political narrative built around bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in the run-up to 2014 and later especially for political reasons created a strong sentiment of special category status for the beleaguered state.  But, in this case as such doomsday narrative still pervades Andhra political discourse the special status promise remains politically sensitive. Hence, the regional parties are constrained to co-operate against the political arrogance displayed by so called national parties.

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