TDP exits NDA, moves no-confidence motion; gets support from Congress, Left

Opposition parties, including the Congress and the Left, said they would support the YSRCP's no-confidence motion

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance and moved a no-confidence motion of its own in the Lok Sabha against the Narendra Modi-led government. The two TDP Union ministers had quit the government on March 8.

The Congress, the Left and several other opposition parties said they would support the no-confidence motion.

The TDP’s move came a day after its rival YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) moved a no-confidence motion against the Modi government.

The no-confidence notices were moved by the TDP’s Thota Narasimham and the YSRCP’s Y V Subba Reddy in