Chandrababu Naidu prepares to reprise national role before 2019 polls

Naidu said Modi government has not fulfilled any of its promises, and people have lost confidence in the PM

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said power has come to be concentrated in politicians and bureaucrats from one particular state which wasn't healthy for India's democracy, and indicated a national role for himself to bring together opposition parties to fight the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The Andhra CM met several opposition leaders here, but insisted his efforts weren't to secure any "position" post-2019 Lok Sabha polls, but to save “our great nation”. He also indicated that a 1996-1998 United Front government experiment wasn't practical, and a government comprising solely of