The Telugu Desam Party has hinted that it is not interested in any Cabinet berth, BJP sources said on Monday.
The “not interested” message has come from none other than TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu himself, the BJP sources said.
Interestingly, while Chandrababu Naidu has shown “complete aloofness”, individual requests were made by the TDP MPs for accommodation in the new Union Cabinet.
Close aides of PM-designate Narendra Modi and BJP president Rajnath Singh received requests from the TDP MPs bypassing their leader’s stand, they added.
The buzz is that given the way Naidu works, he does not want any other power centre of the TDP in Delhi.
The TDP has 16 MPs in the Lok Sabha. During Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure, the TDP had only taken the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post.
