Five states results will help form a strong alternative to BJP: Chandrababu Naidu

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said that assembly polls result in the five states will help form a strong alternative to BJP.

In a setback to the BJP, the Congress party was leading in Rajasthan and Chattisgarh, whereas it was in a neck and neck fight in Madhya Pradesh.

Stating that the BJP has become weak across the country, Naidu said not only BJP lost most bypolls in the last 5 years, it became very weak in the five states which went to assembly polls now. 

"People across states in the country and dissatisfied with the BJP's rule. People recognize that BJP has done nothing in the last five years. People are with us in our fight against BJP. These five states results will help form a strong alternative to the BJP," Naidu said.

Naidu also said that TDP respects the mandate of people of Telangana. "Congratulations to Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao. Congratulations to the winners of Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram," Naidu tweeted.

However, the TDP said the Congresss-led alliance, of which it is a part, needs to analyse and introspect on the grouping's 'failure' in the Telangana Assembly elections.

"We have to analyse the factors that contributed to the success of TRS and failure of our alliance," said Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy, senior leader of TDP, led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

The alliance which also comprised the Telangana Jana Samithi and the Communist Party of India, did not fare well, and "we have to analyse and introspect where it went wrong, and we have to work together", he said.