Hyderabad: BJP unit of Andhra Pradesh on Monday criticised the reported statement of TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu wherein he expressed 'regrets' for his association with erstwhile NDA government.
Talking to reporters, Andhra Pradesh BJP chief G Kishan Reddy said Naidu could come to power in Andhra Pradesh in 1999 only because of former Prime Minster Atal Bihari Vajpayee when TDP had allied with BJP.
Naidu had sworn in as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh in October 1999 for the second term.
Stating that Naidu's statement is highly objectionable, Reddy asked him not to blame BJP for the sake of minority votes.
While addressing party's annual meeting (Mahanadu) at Gandipet near here recently, Naidu had said that TDP lost the confidence of Muslims in the aftermath of Godhra incident in Gujarat although the party made repeated efforts to garner support of the minority community.
Meanwhile, BJP accused the Kiran Kumar Reddy government of adopting anti-farmer policies with the state BJP chief saying that the Congress government has miserably failed in mitigating woes of the paddy farmers.
The state government had promised to provide minimum support price (MSP) to farmers for purchasing paddy, but it only bought 10 to 11 per cent of it while 85 per cent was siphoned off by the middlemen and hoarders thus causing loss to farmers, Reddy told reporters at a press conference here.
In a separate statement, BJP state minority Morcha president Haneef Ali also condemned the statement of Naidu saying the downfall of TDP in Andhra Pradesh was due to its anti-farmer policies.
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