Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday met a host of Opposition leaders, including Congress president Rahul Gandhi, at Mr. Gandhi’s residence. Mr. Naidu also met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar, NCP’s Praful Patel and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah at Mr. Pawar’s residence. He is learnt to have discussed plans of uniting all Opposition parties against the BJP ahead of the 2019 elections. Mr. Naidu, however, had not spoken to the media until writing of this report. After moving out of the NDA, Mr. Naidu has been working hard to forge an anti-BJP front.

Source: The Hindu January 08, 2019 17:15 UTC