TDP will regain past glory in Telangana, party revamp soon: N Chandrababu Naidu

HYDERABAD: Striking a Telugu chord, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will soon regain its past glory in Telangana also.
Addressing TDP workers at the NTR trust bhavan here, Naidu said the party was born in Telangana (four decades ago) and soon it will be restructured. "For us both states are like two eyes, that is why we have given a letter in favour of the creation of Telangana," he said.
"TDP which was born for Telugu people should be in Telangana.I am asking you whether the party which was born on the land of Telangana should function or not (in the state)? There were several people who worked for the party. We will restructure the party very soon (in Telangana)," Naidu said amid cheers by the party cadre.
Asserting that he would work to bring the past glory to the party in Telangana, he said TDP will encourage youth and the educated in the state.
Thanking the people for protesting against his arrest in September last year, in Hyderabad, Naidu said, " I got a lot of support from across the globe, party cadre arranged this meeting, many NRIs also stood by me."
On the meeting with his Telangana counterpart A Revanth Reddy on Saturday, Naidu said though different parties are in power in AP and here, when it comes to the interests of Telugu people, there is a need to work together.
"When it comes to the interests of Telugu people, a confrontational attitude can only harm the interests of both governments; there must be a give-and-take strategy. Yesterday, we held discussions with the Telangana government. I am hoping that they will be taken forward in future also," Naidu said.
Recalling his contribution as a chief minister to the development of Hyderabad city two decades ago, the TDP supremo said now Telangana ranks first in terms of per capita income and the gap between it and Andhra Pradesh was 33% in 2014. He said he was able to reduce the gap to 27% during his tenure as CM between 2014 and 2019. However, it again went up to 44% during the YSR Congress regime.
He also stated that the BRS party followed the growth path TDP had taken and that Revanth Reddy, the current chief minister, is doing the same.
The Andhra CM claimed that several industries are expressing their willingness to invest in AP, but are apprehensive of the opposition YSRCP's attitude. Despite several hurdles and problems he assured that he would take the responsibility for the development of AP.
Aiming the guns at the previous YSRCP administration's stint in AP, he said, "AP suffered more due to then government between 2018 and 2023 than bifurcation."