Rajnath Singh saved the TDP-BJP alliance

Amravati, Feb 05: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Sunday decided not to end its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), at least for now. The decision came amid speculation that the party was unhappy over the "raw deal" that Andhra Pradesh had got in the Union Budget 2018-19, sources said.

Reports said it was Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's call to Chandrababu Naidu that seems to have saved the TDP-BJP alliance, at least for the time being.

"During the 16-minute conversation, the Union home minister told the AP CM that he was calling at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah would also talk to him soon. All grievances of TDP will be heard and addressed, was Rajnath's assurance to Naidu," a TDP leader told media.

The Union home minister's gambit appears to have paid off as Naidu appears to have assured Rajnath the alliance between the two parties is intact for now.