TDP camp on cloud nine as Naidu invited for all-party meet in Delhi

PNS|Vijayawada

It is celebration time in the TDP camp as party chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu is going to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on December 5. According to reports, Chandrababu has got an invite from the Central government to attend an all-party meeting to be convened by PM Modi in New Delhi to seek their advice on the role to be played by India in G20.

India was recently selected the head of the G20 nations for the period from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023. The country has to preside over a series of meetings of this group and represent the country’s interests. To this effect, PM Modi has convened a meeting of presidents of all political parties in the country to explain the significance of G20 and also seek the support of all parties in representing India’s interests at the G20 meetings. As part of that, Naidu also got the invitation from Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, asking him to attend the meeting to be addressed by Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan at 5 pm on December 5. Joshi personally called up Naidu and explained the significance of the meeting.

As expected, the invitation from the Centre has made the TDP jubilant, though it is a matter of routine exercise to invite leaders of all political parties. The pro-TDP media has already started describing it as a great recognition for Naidu and an acknowledgement of his administrative skills. A section of yellow media has quickly cooked up a story saying Naidu is going to get an opportunity to have a one-on-one meeting with the Prime Minister and that would have huge political significance for Andhra politics, in the wake of the next assembly elections in the State in 2024. Even when Naidu got an invitation from the Centre for the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav meeting in New Delhi on August 7, this yellow media went gaga over the meeting, where the Prime Minister had a handshake with the TDP chief.