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TDP pulls out of NDA: BJP's Andhra ministers resign; top 10 developments

N Chandrababu Naidu announced that two TDP ministers -- Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Minister of State for Science and Technology Y S Chowdary -- would tender their resignations

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu
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The TDP has decided to pull out of the NDA government at the Centre and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu (pictured) has asked two of its ministers in the Modi government to tender their resignation on Thursday. Photo: @ANI

BS Web Team New Delhi
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Wednesday night announced its decision to pull out of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, with two of the party's ministers resigning from the Union Cabinet on Thursday. The N Chandrababu Naidu-led party took the decision protesting the Centre's refusal to grant Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh, saying that the Centre had done injustice to the state. On Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet submitted their resignation in the chief minister's office in Amaravati. 

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