In March last year, the TDP government, which was in alliance with the NDA, exited the coalition over Special Category Status not being granted to the state and other promises made at the time of bifurcation not being fulfilled. After the TDP’s exit, Naidu had claimed that his party had an ideological difference with the BJP from the beginning, but had adjusted politically. Naidu had even said that anybody as Prime Minister would be better than Narendra Modi, blaming him for economic stagnation and social unrest in the country.