Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu today did not give a direct answer when asked if his party would join the NDA government at the Centre but said they would "sail together".
"We will sail together in all aspects," was Chandrababu's refrain when the question cropped up at a press conference here this evening.
Between 1998 and 2004 the TDP had extended only outside support to the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
It severed the ties with the BJP in 2004 after the electoral drubbing in Andhra Pradesh.
However, following Narendra Modi's invitation to join the forces to oust Congress, the TDP returned to the NDA's fold just before the general elections this year.
The move proved fruitful as the TDP-BJP has clinched the power in (new) Andhra Pradesh and won 17 Lok Sabha seats.
Even in Telangana, the combine put up a good show though it could not bag power there.
Earlier in the day, Chandrababu spoke with Narendra Modi on phone and congratulated him over the NDA's spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
"I am looking forward to work with you for development and good governance in the state and at the Centre," Chandrababu told Modi over phone, party sources said.
Sources added that TDP may take the call on joining the Central government after an internal discussion.
