Quit From NDA Is Unfortunate, Unilateral: Amit Shah

Telugu Desam Party exited the NDA alliance over the issue of 'special category status' recently.Then the BJP President Amit Shah has written to the Andhra chief minister, saying his party's decision is unfortunate and unilateral.

"This decision is both unfortunate as well as unilateral. It's a decision; I am afraid, will be construed as being guided wholly & solely by political considerations instead of developmental concerns," Mr Shah has written in his letter.

"It is widely known that the Union Government led by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has left no stone unturned in ensuring the growth and prosperity of Andhra Pradesh," the letter added.The TDP, once the BJP's biggest ally in south, pulled out of the government earlier this month. Mr Naidu's TDP is trying to bring a no-confidence motion against the government in parliament, after arch-rival Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress sent a notice. The two parties are seen as involved in one-upmanship ahead of next year's assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.