N Chandrababu Naidu

BJP President Amit Shah on Monday rang up leaders of the National Democratic Alliance constituents and invited them over for dinner on Tuesday; on the menu are consultations on formation of the new government.

The leaders did not meet the media after the meeting but it was understood they discussed how they could get parties opposed to the BJP to come together for forming a government if the BJP and its allies fail to get majority.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday rejected the predictions of exit polls and said that he will wait till May 23 for the “real results”. I believe the exit polls are all wrong.

With most of the exit polls predicting a rout for his party in Andhra Pradesh, Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu Sunday night said that time and again such polls failed.

Continuing his efforts to unite opposition parties against the BJP ahead of Lok Sabha results, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday met Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and Sitaram Yechury, among other leaders.

“The officials will count EVMs first then they will check 5 per cent of EVMs with VVPAT. After this, if there is any discrepancy is found then they will take VVPAT count as final. If such is the case then why can’t the officials directly count VVPAT trails,” he said.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu wrote a letter to the Election Commission requesting relaxation of the model code of conduct in four districts in the wake of the cyclone Fani.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Friday accused the Election Commission of usurping the powers of his government and preventing it from discharging its duties.

Either the 46th Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi is guilty of allegedly behaving inappropriately with a 35-year-old woman typist-cum-librarian whom he transferred to his residence-cum-office before hounding her out of a job.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu said counting of 50 per cent votes through VVPAT can be done “within no time” and even a “child can tell how much time it will take”.