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We will continue to pressurise BJP for Modi's ouster: Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday morning vowed to continue the 'fight' for the removal of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his culpability in the violence in the state since February 27-28.

Speaking to mediapersons at the party office in Hyderabad, Naidu justified the walk-out by his party MPs in the Lok Sabha just before the censure motion on Gujarat was put to vote in the early hours of the day.

"We were not satisfied with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's reply to the debate," he said.

"From the beginning, the TDP has been firm on four demands - restoration of law and order in the troubled state, rehabilitation of victims, dropping the move to hold assembly elections at this juncture and replacement of Chief Minister Narendra Modi," Naidu said.

The first three were satisfied, but not the last, Naidu said.

"We requested the BJP to replace Modi in the national interest. As our demand was not accepted, we boycotted the voting."

"We will continue to put pressure on the BJP to replace Modi as there is no let up in the violence," the TDP chief said.

Asked how the TDP would go about it, Naidu said: "That is what we are working on now."

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