Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party has vowed to stand by BJP in the coming Vice-Presidential elections.
As per an official statement, BJP president Amit Shah has phoned Jagan Reddy on Monday to seek his support for Naidu and the YSRCP chief has readily conveyed his party’s complete support to Naidu, who’s currently the union minister for urban development.
The announcement of Venkaiah Naidu’s name as NDA’s Vice-President nominee followed a wide-range of celebrations among Andhra & Telangana BJP leaders. The YSRCP has already agreed to vote for BJP’s presidential candidate Ramnath Kovind, who’s fighting UPA’s Meira Kumari.
On other hand, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao also received a phone call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, soon after Naidu’s name was declared as NDA’s VP nominee. The TRS supreme has reportedly extended his support to Naidu and will be releasing an official statement soon.
The 68-year old Venkaiah Naidu will file nomination papers at 11am on Tuesday. The Opposition has fielded Gopalakrishna Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, as its Vice-presidential candidate. Gandhi is a retired IAS officer and former Governor of West Bengal state.