After Rahul Gandhi, Chandrababu Naidu meets Mulayam Singh Yadav in Delhi

Chandrababu Naidu has been trying to unite the opposition parties to take on BJP in the Lok Sabha elections next year.

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New Delhi: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday met Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in the national capital. On Tuesday, Chandrababu Naidu had a telephonic conversation with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav who urged the TDP chief to form a united front along with the Congress.

Akhilesh had stressed the need for an alliance and to bring other parties under a single umbrella. He had also mentioned that it is the responsibility of all to protect the democracy in the country. Both the leaders had further discussed the contemporary political scenario and developments.

Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu met Mulayam Singh Yadav in Delhi pic.twitter.com/K3swQWxcAP — ANI (@ANI) November 1, 2018

Earlier in the day, Naidu met Congress president Rahul Gandhi and said, "We are coming together, to save the nation. We have to forget the past, now it is a democratic compulsion to unite. All opposition needs to be one."

Chandrababu Naidu has been trying to unite the opposition parties to take on the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre in the Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held next year.

Earlier in the day, the TDP president met NCP chief Sharad Pawar and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah in the national capital.

Naidu 'coincidentally' also met senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here and briefly discussed the need to bring all non-BJP political parties together.

(With inputs from agencies)