BJP growth in AP will not be at TDP’s cost, says Shah

Even while setting an ambitious target of enrolling 45 lakh members in Andhra Pradesh as part of its ongoing membership drive to strengthen the BJP, party president Amit Shah on Friday clarified that the expansion mission did not mean it would work against the ruling Telugu Desam Party. “In a multi-party democracy, we have the right to expand. But, it does not mean we will work against the TDP which is our alliance partner,” Mr. Shah said at a press conference here. Responding to queries on whether or not the BJP would go it alone in the 2019 elections, he said it was not an appropriate time to think about such issues.