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Updated May 19th, 2019 at 13:12 IST

Chandrababu Naidu holds second round of talks with Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday, May 19 held a second round of talks with top opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar, in an apparent bid to rally support for a non-BJP government at the Centre

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday, May 19 held a second round of talks with top opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar, in an apparent bid to rally support for a non-BJP government at the Centre.

Naidu, who arrived in the national capital on Friday, May 17 had met Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party chief Pawar, Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav and leaders of the Communist Party of India on Saturday as well.

READ: 'Third Front' Gathers Pace Post-campaign As TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu Meets Akhilesh-Mayawati In Lucknow After Rahul Gandhi And Sharad Pawar In New Delhi

He had then flown to Lucknow and met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati.

Sunday's meeting assumes significance as Naidu is meeting Gandhi and Pawar after holding talks with the SP and BSP chiefs, who have not openly come in favour of an opposition alliance so far.

The TDP chief's deliberations are part of his efforts to unite non-NDA parties and bring them together on one platform to stake their claim for forming the next government in case the NDA fails to get the majority mark.

WATCH: 'Grand Alliance' Machinations Gather Pace Post-campaign As TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu Meets Rahul Gandhi And Sharad Pawar, Plans To Drop By Akhilesh-Mayawati

The Telugu Desam Party chief has held several rounds of discussion with various opposition leaders, including TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.

Naidu's TDP was a part of the NDA, but quit the alliance a few months ago.

The Congress and other opposition parties have exuded confidence of forming the next government.

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Published May 19th, 2019 at 13:12 IST

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