Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu in Delhi for NDA meet amid Ambedkar row

The leaders of the ruling NDA alliance are scheduled to meet at BJP president JP Nadda's residence on Wednesday to attend the prayer programme to commemorate former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birth centenary year.

The BJP, like previous years, has requested all its NDA allies to attend the prayer programme. The BJP has been holding prayer meetings on the birth anniversary of its stalwart leader every year.

The meeting at Nadda's residence is being termed as a regular feature of the NDA allies but it assumes importance as it is happening at a time when the Opposition is trying to corner the BJP on Union home minister Amit Shah's remarks on BR Ambedkar.


Sources in NDA said the BJP may also discuss several other issues, including future course of action on two crucial draft legislations - Waqf Amendment Bill and the Constitution Amendment Bill for 'One Nation, One Election'.

Sources in the BJP said these meetings are a regular feature to keep strengthening the coordination among the allies and also that the allies should be on the same page on crucial political issues.

TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, a crucial constituent of NDA, has reached the national capital and would attend the NDA meeting on Wednesday.