Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and discussed plans to hold a meeting of Opposition party leaders on May 21, two days before the country gets to know the fate of leaders contesting in 543 constituencies.
Naidu and Gandhi also discussed their strategy for a post-poll alliance, PTI reported, adding the former then left for West Bengal where, according to sources, he is going to attend public rallies to support the ruling Trinamool Congress.
In a brief meeting, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief is believed to have discussed the voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) issue, the voting percentage in the recently held five-phase polling besides the Andhra Assembly election developments, the sources said.
The sources said Naidu and Gandhi also discussed the post-poll scenario and more or less agreed to call a meeting of Opposition parties on May 21.
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Five phases of polling are over and the voting for remaining two will take place on May 12 and May 19.
Naidu will be meeting West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee apart from attending her rallies on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Andhra Pradesh CM was in Delhi to attend the Supreme Court hearing on a petition filed by the Opposition parties to review its judgment rejecting 50 per cent random physical verification of EVMs using VVPATs.
The apex court dismissed the petition following which the parties again met the Election Commission to press their demand.
Besides Naidu, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has been making overtures to a number of regional leaders, including his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan and DMK chief M K Stalin, for a post-poll non-Congress, non-BJP government.
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(With inputs from PTI)
