BJP chief Amit Shah calls up Chandrababu Naidu, urges him to not pull the trigger
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 4 (IBNS) With an angry Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu holding a meeting of his party on Sunday over the "unsatisfactory" Union Budget to decide on its alliance with the BJP, the latter's president Amit Shah has reportedly called up the southern leader and requested him to not take any "tough decisions", said media reports.
Reports said the Telugu Desam Party chief is holding a meeting to reconsider its alliance with the BJP led NDA at the centre.
Naidu called the "emergency meeting" in Vijaywada upset with the Budget in which he said there was nothing for his state.
Arun Jaitley's Union Budget has not gone down well with the Telegu Desam Party (TDP), the biggest ally of BJP from the South, which rules Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu called the party meeting to decide the next course of action.
The party is not happy with the allocation of resources for the state in the budget.
Speaking to reporters, TDP leader YS Chowdhary expressed his disappointment over the entire budget.
Chowdhary, who is the Minister of State for Science and Technology, said there was no progress in the infrastructural works in last four years.
"The Polavaram project was linked to the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), but there was no smooth flow of funds. The budget should have included it," he said.
TDP is presently an ally of BJP in the NDA government.
However, the party has recently sided with the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, where BJP lacks the majority, demanding a review of theTriple Talaq bill.
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