Kejriwal vows to support AP cause in Parliament

​New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday as part of his efforts to mobilise support for the no-confidence motion moved by his party TDP against the Centre, party leaders said. 

The two leaders also discussed the Special Category Status (SCS) promised to the southern state. “The Delhi chief minister said he would offer support to the TDP through members from his party in both houses of Parliament,” TDP Rajya Sabha member C M Ramesh told reporters. Delhi’s ruling party AAP has four MPs in Lok Sabha and three in the Rajya Sabha.

The TDP pulled out of the NDA in March after the Centre expressed its inability to grant SCS to Andhra Pradesh. It also moved a no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government over the issue. 

The AP Chief Minister, who arrived here on Tuesday, met leaders from different political parties to further his cause. Naidu met Congress’VeerappaMoily, NCP president Sharad Pawar and Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the SAD. 

He also met National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, TMC’s Sudip Bandyopadhyay, CPI’s D Raja, AIADMK’s V Maitreyan, Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel and Samajwadi Party’s Ram Gopal Yadav.