He was addressing anganwadi teachers, who came to thank him for enhancing their salaries, at his residence here, a release from the Telugu Desam Party said.
Raider Prashant Kumar Rai was the hot pick of the second day as UP Yoddhas bagged him for Rs 79 lakh, while Chandran Ranjit also sparked off a bidding war between different franchises before Dabang Delhi bagged the 26-year-old for Rs 61.25 lakh.
Mamata Banerjee said they would not leave any scope for any party to place obstacles in the coming together of regional parties.
On his 69th birthday, Naidu chose not to celebrate his birthday and sat on a fast instead to protest against the alleged injustice meted out to the state due to the "non-implementation" of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
This has been done to exercise caution as Chandrayaan-2 will be ISRO's first inter-planetary mission to land a rover on any celestial body, they said.
"There should be a limit to political acrimony. He is doing politics over the matter of development. He should not go to the extent of saying that the BJP is attacking Andhra," Javadekar said.
It is believed that Naidu discussed the issue of Special Category Status (SCS), promised under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, and the "injustice" met out to his state by the Centre.
The meetings that took place at the Central Hall of Parliament were aimed at garnering support for the no-confidence motion moved by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
The incident occurred minutes ahead of the arrival of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday night for the celestial wedding of Lord Rama as part of Rama Navami celebrations, resulting in chaos at the temple, a senior cop.
Her statement came in the wake of BJP president Amit Shah's letter to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and the latter hitting back at him.
The original targeted date for the launch was kept on April 23. However, as the ongoing tests for the lunar mission will take 20 more days, the date could not be met.
The TDP leader alleged that BJP had done graver injustice to Andhra Pradesh than the Congress, hitting back at Amit Shah's letter released earlier today.
Hitting out at the Congress, Shah said the party not only mismanaged the bifurcation but also showed zero sensitivity towards the Telugu people.
The experts had met recently and suggested the tests, following which the mission will now be launched in October, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan said.
Naidu also trained guns on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for using TDP’s rivals to weaken the party and politically destabilize the state.
"I welcome the TDP's decision to leave the NDA. The current situation warrants such action to save the country from disaster," the TMC supremo said in a tweet.
The party also moved a no-confidence motion against the Modi government over the injustice meted out to the state.
In the backdrop of the Centre's refusal to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh, the YSR Congress today gave a notice for moving a no-confidence motion against the BJP-led NDA government.
If the April launch of the Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, is not possible, then the ISRO will aim for a launch by October.
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