TDP, BJP patch-up: Naidu says 'alliance is on', Ram Madhav calls for unity

Some of the issues over which the TDP is miffed are the implementation of a special financial package for the state, setting up of a railway zone

The TDP on Monday said its alliance with the BJP in Andhra Pradesh and the Centre was very much alive, following speculation that the party was disgruntled over the "raw deal" that the state got in the Union Budget.

TDP leader and Union minister Y Satyanarayana Chowdary briefed the media this afternoon about deliberations at a meeting convened by Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on the Union Budget.

"As and when it is required, the chief minister and party chief will take the decision appropriately. As of today it (the alliance) is just going on. We never said (about