Video- TDP, BJP share dais at Murmu's campaign
The occasion was the campaign by National Democratic Alliance’s nominee for the post of President of India Draupadi Murmu.
AMARAVATI: Telugu Desam Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party shared the same dais on Tuesday at Vijayawada.
The occasion was the campaign by National Democratic Alliance's nominee for the post of President of India Draupadi Murmu.
TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu had announced that his party would support Ms Murmu for the presidency in the last minute.
Accordingly, after the official meeting with YSR Congress was over, Ms Murmu went and met the TDP elected representatives — three MPs and 20 MLAs — and appealed to them to vote for her.
Naidu said that his party was supporting Ms Murmu's candidacy as his party always stood for social justice.
She also thanked the TDP for supporting her. State president of the BJP Somu Veerraju thanked the TDP for its gesture.
Earlier Ms Murmu was felicitated by Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and he hosted a tea party at his official residence in Tadepalli.
Ms Murmu was received by Jagan and his wife Bharati.