Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday, 18 May, met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and discussed firming up an anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) front to keep the saffron party out of power after poll results are declared. Before meeting the Congress chief, Naidu, who is spearheading an effort to cobble up an anti-BJP front, met CPI leaders Sudhakar Reddy and D Raja.
In an hour-long meeting with Gandhi, sources said, Naidu discussed the impending need to bring together all parties that are against the BJP after the Lok Sabha election results are declared on 23 May. Sources told PTI that Naidu told Gandhi to have a strategy ready in case the BJP falls short of numbers - and still stakes claim to form the government. Naidu is also in touch with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over the phone on this issue, the sources added.