Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu returned to the Andhra Pradesh assembly today 31 months after he left the house over ‘insult to his family’.
He smashed a Gummdikai and coconut in front of the entry door at the Assembly and then stepped in to a standing ovation.
Chandrababu Naidu had vowed in November 2021 that he would return only after becoming the Chief Minister, a feat he achieved after his party registered a landslide win in the Andhra Pradesh assembly elections.
The TDP won 135 seats in the 175-member assembly, while their allies Jana Sena and BJP won 21 and 8 seats respectively.A defeat in 2024 could have meant curtains for Mr Naidu’s 50-year political career.
However, the wily politician, as he is often described, has managed a more-than-convincing comeback, once again in an alliance with the BJP, even though he was cold-shouldered multiple times.
Earlier Babu vowed “I will not attend this assembly hereafter. I will return to the House only after becoming the chief minister,” Mr Naidu had said, adding that the assembly had become a ‘Kaurava Sabha’, a referring to the hall where Draupadi was humiliated in the Mahabharata.
