Launching the campaign of TDP-BJP combine for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said that it was TDP and BJP which put Hyderabad on the international map.
Addressing a public meeting in the city, he said he brought institutions and companies of repute in IT and other sectors to Hyderabad during his stint as Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
Top institutions like International School of Business came to the city due to his efforts, he said.
The development during his tenure created four lakh IT jobs directly and another 14 lakh jobs indirectly, he claimed.
Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) was started in the city with the blessings of the then NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Naidu said.
He also said that his party wanted the well-being of all Telugu people, and Andhra Pradesh and Telangana should co-exist peacefully and progress.
Both the states were like two eyes for him, Naidu said, adding that when he met the Union Ministers over the issues concerning Andhra Pradesh, he also spoke about problems of Telangana.
Naidu also praised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda said that the current NDA government had released thousands of crores of rupees for the development of Telangana.
Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said the NDA government had given funds of about Rs 50,000 crore to the state, adding that BJP and TDP stood for good governance.