Chandrababu wants TDP to attain national party status

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said he wants to expand the TDP's base in other states so that it can become a national party.

The TDP is doing good in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, but it should now reach other states also to attain status of a national party, Naidu said after inaugurating the party's general body meeting on Thursday.

He alleged that some people from Telangana were trying to destabilise the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in that region.

The people of Hyderabad gave a good mandate to the TDP and BJP by electing MLAs from both the alliance partners during the last Assembly elections. Those in power in Telangana are unable to digest that, he said.