TDP Welcomes BJP’s Decision Over Presidential Election:- An ally of the NDA, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), today welcomed the decision of the BJP to put Bihar Governor and Dalit Leader Ram Nath Kovind as the alliance’s candidate for the Presidential Election.
TDP President and AP CM N. Chandrababu Naidu hailed Kovind’s candidature as the “right choice” for the highest constitutional post and pledged his party’s full support to him.
Naidu told Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called him today afternoon to inform him about Kovind’s choice, “You have chosen a right candidate for the top post. An intellectual with high values belonging to the Dalit community is very apt in all respects for the president’s post.”
Naidu announced that the TDP would extend complete support for Kovind’s candidature, said a communication from the Chief Minister’s office. The communication also said that the PM requested Naidu to gather support of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the NDA candidate.
Naidu assured the prime minister that he would contact the TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee upon her return from her foreign visit, the communication said.
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