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바카라TDP Doesn바카라t Know Caste...바카라: Party Leader Nara Lokesh Over Granting Reservations To Muslim Community

TDP leader Nara Lokesh바카라s reaction came after a question was asked to him about whether the new Andhra Pradesh government will offer reservations for the Muslim community.

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TDP leader Nara Lokesh | Photo: PTI
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Saying Telugu Desam Party (TDP) stands for Telugu state, the party바카라s general secretary Nara Lokesh emphasised that the party does not believe in caste, creed or religion.

Lokesh바카라s reaction came after a question was asked to him about whether the new Andhra Pradesh government will offer reservations for the Muslim community. He replied his party doesn바카라t know caste, creed or religion, and only represents the interests of the Telugu people.

바카라TDP has been clear from day one. TDP represents the interests of Telugu people. We don바카라t know caste, creed and religion. We stand only for Telugu people. We believe that the Telugu state should be a strong state,바카라 he was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.

Lokesh, who is the son of Andhra Pradesh chief minister elect Chandrababu Naidu, said his party will maintain a 바카라symbiotic relationship바카라 with the Narendra Modi-led central government.

The party has offered unconditional support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Lokesh said his party joined NDA 바카라unconditionally바카라 before the Lok Sabha election. However, he reasoned that there should be a give-and-take in the relationship in case of any future investment opportunity.

바카라We joined NDA unconditionally before elections; we will continue to be in NDA unconditionally... We believe that he (Modi) should be the Prime Minister of India and there is no second thought about it,바카라 said Lokesh.

He further said that if some opportunity for investment arises, the party would like Andhra to get and would expect Centre's push for it.

바카라We will definitely ask for it. It is about building a symbiotic relationship, representing the state바카라s interests, every state바카라s interest,바카라 Lokesh said.

He further said there will be 바카라hundreds of things" where negotiation with the Centre would be required.

바카라There would be 100 things such as Agniveer, Uniform Civil Code, reservations, allocation of budgets, development and others which could be negotiated across a table,바카라 Lokesh said.

Emphasizing on the concept of 바카라one state, one capital바카라, Lokesh said Amaravati is the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, but highlighted that decentralised development will be done.

The TDP won the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections by winning 135 seats, with Chandrababu Naidu set to be the new chief minister of the state. Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha election also saw a victory for the NDA alliance, with TDP winning 16 out of the 25 seats and BJP winning 3 seats.

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