TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu wrote to BJP president Amit Shah stating that they felt it pointless to continue in the NDA and that the union government failed to discharge its constitutional responsibilities in implementing the ‘Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.’

In a four page letter, he asserted that on most of the crucial provisions of the Act as well as the assurances given in the Rajya Sabha, the progress had been “tardy, unsatisfactory and disappointing.”

He stated, “Today, a feeling is gaining ground in our state that the BJP is not sensitive to the aspirations of our people. We feel the government headed by it is not willing to implement in letter and spirit the provisions in the AP Reorganisation Act and the assurances given by the then Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha.”

Naidu expressed that his party had joined the alliance hoping that the state would get fair treatment and that the people would get justice. However, he observed, “When our being in the alliance doesn't serve that purpose, we feel that it is pointless to continue.”