Congress lost moral right to form govt: Naidu

Hyderabad: TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday demanded that the elections should not be postponed at any cost.

Addressing the press here, he said the term of the Assembly is over as it had completed its five year term. “Under what rule the centre wants to postpone the election. If it decides so, it would amount to another act of going against the spirit of Constitution,” the TDP leader said warned that his party would take up a movement at national level if the general elections are postponed.

He also lashed out at the Congress party for its indecisiveness on the issue of making alternative arrangement in place of N Kiran Kumar Reddy who had resigned as Chief Minister. Naidu said though six days have passed by, no steps have been taken to resolve the issue. Even on Tuesday night the AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh said that still they were examining the issue. The Congress is still practicing the tradition of sending CMs names in a ‘sealed cover’ only after entering a deal with the aspirants for the post, he alleged. He further said that the Congress does not have required strength to form government after the Seemandhra MLAs quit the party protesting the bifurcation of state. Congress has no moral right to stake claim to form the government at this juncture in the state, he added.

To a query, the TDP leader said his party would remain strong even after some of his party leaders and MLAs switched loyalties to other parties in Telangana. Telugu Desam was a strong cadre based party and it would not affect if some leaders leave the party for personal gains.

Replying to a question, he said, TDP was confident of coming to power in Seemandhra region and it would develop the new state on par with Singapore.