Naidu urges TDP leaders to prepare for local body polls
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has directed TDP leaders to prepare for upcoming local body elections by focusing on grassroots campaigning and alliance coordination. He emphasized the importance of maintaining unity with coalition partners BJP and Jana Sena to prevent the YSR Congress Party from gaining an advantage.
Why it matters
As the first local election test for the current coalition government, the outcome will serve as a key indicator of the administration's stability and public support.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called upon the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) machinery to gear up for the local body elections and aim to achieve a ‘strike rate’ better than the one registered in the 2024 Assembly polls.
Addressing a meeting of Ministers and TDP’s zonal observers at his camp office after the Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Mr. Naidu said: “The upcoming local body elections is an opportunity to analyse the party’s performance.” He noted that this would be the first time that the TDP would contest the local body elections alongside its alliance partners BJP and Jana Sena Party. He cautioned leaders about having differences with the alliance parties. He said: “There should be no squabbling under any circumstances as the YSR Congress Party would look to turn any strife among the allies to its advantage.”
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