Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday, 23 May, expressed happiness over Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Kumaraswamy swearing in as the 24th chief minister of Karnataka. Naidu said he wishes to see regional political parties grow in Indian politics.
Speaking to the media in Bengaluru, the chief minister said, “We all are here to express our solidarity with Kumaraswamy. All regional parties… we are expressing our solidarity. In the future, we will work together to protect ourselves and also to promote national interest, that is our agenda”.
When questioned by reporters on whether he will be forming a front against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he said, “We want to promote more and more regional parties, we want to strengthen regional parties. That is Mamataji’s (Mamata Banerjee) mission… even our motive”.
When quizzed if he would support the Congress in the 2019 elections, he said that he had come to support Kumaraswamy, who leads a regional party.