Minister of State for Science and Technology and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Y.S. Chowdary on Thursday termed the 2018-19 Union Budget “deeply disappointing. ”
The Minister’s comment comes days after TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said last week: “We are maintaining ‘Mitra Dharma’ with BJP but if it does not want to continue with the alliance, we will go on our own.”
“We are definitely not happy. It is a deeply disappointing budget. They have not even completed commitments they made in the AP Reorganisation Act. We were expecting a railway zone, additional funds for metro and delimitation and so on,” Mr. Chowdary told The Hindu .
However, Mr. Chowdary made it clear that they were not yet ready to break the alliance. “We have to resolve the issues by deliberation and discussions and not by quitting the debate,” he said.
The TDP Parliamentary Party is scheduled to meet on Sunday to discuss issues including voters’ feedback on alliance with the BJP.
