New Delhi : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance has already planned for the upcoming 2029 Lok Sabha elections and is providing "great leadership" to all the parties.
"He has already planned for 2029 (elections), that is how he is working, just like a mission," CM Naidu said.While speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on November 16, CM Naidu also said that right after the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana government, the PM conducted a comprehensive meeting with all the CMs in the NDA fold.
"He is always working for the next election, that is the priority. In Chandigarh all of us thought that this is the swearing in ceremony, after that we can leave," CM Naidu said while addressing the summit. He said the PM conducted a comprehensive meeting and took all the inputs from various leaders.
He said, "All NDA chief ministers with PM will meet. He conducted a 4 hour uninterrupted meeting. He listened to everyone's views, then summed them up. That is the determination the leadership is providing, that is great leadership."
On October 17, PM Modi chaired an NDA leaders meeting in Chandigarh after Bharatiya Janata Party's electoral victory in Haryana, marking a significant gathering of non-Congress political parties since 1975. 17 Chief Ministers and 18 Deputy Chief Ministers participated in the conclave. PM Modi also suggested holding such meetings twice a year.
During the meeting, PM Modi also discussed the NDA's electoral victory in Haryana, stating that the coalition has garnered the trust of various societal segments and said that the opposition's narratives of the NDA being anti-farmer were bogus, noting that farmers actively supported the NDA in large numbers, according to an official release.
Further praising the model of governance, PM Modi said, "Smooth governance, fast decision making and transparency in governance helped in attracting investors and investment in NDA states."
He also mentioned grievance redressal across NDA state governments is better and stated that in comparison to the previous UPA government, there was a substantial increase in citizen correspondence. The NDA government received 4.5 crore letters in the last decade versus 5 lakh during the UPA's tenure, illustrating public trust in the current coalition.