NEW DELHI: A day after the 12-hour long debate session in Lok Sabha, TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu travelled to Delhi on Saturday to assert that it was a battle of “morality versus majority.”

He said at a press conference here on Saturday that “the government may have won by a majority (of numbers) but morality was on our side,” as he thanked the other opposition parties for supporting TDP's no-trust vote.

Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Rajnath Singh 's remarks at TDP and other parties for seeking a trust vote against a majority government on Friday, Naidu said, “Does BJP have unity, I am asking… political parties come together for a common cause, today in national interest we will work together and work out the future course… numbers decide politics in our democracy.”

The TDP chief who has been part of many coalition government in the past said, “records show that coalitions have worked better for the growth of this country,” while also mentioning that he is “not an aspirant” for the PM’s chair, when asked at a press conference called by him on Saturday.

Asked about a strong leader who can take on Modi, Naidu said, “it is people who decide on who is a strong or a weak leader depending on what they are getting... today people are unhappy.”

Naidu countered Modi’s allegations against him, made during the debate on the no-confidence motion sought by TDP and supported by other parties including Congress, late on Friday night.

Contesting Modi's remark that special status cannot be extended to the state “as the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FCC) does not allow it.” He claimed, “the FFC says it does not have any role in it... don't drag us into it. It is the government which has to take a call.”

Naidu said it was “unwise” on Modi's part to compare his “leadership with tainted politicians” in Lok Sabha. On the PM referring to Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao more “mature” than Naidu, the Andhra CM said, “I am senior to the Prime Minister himself. How can he say that?”

Referring to Modi's remark that “Congress killed the mother and saved the child. Had I have been there, I would have saved the mother too”, he said, “We have waited for years for him to do so.”

“We're still asking him to save the mother,” Naidu said.

On BJD staging a walkout from Parliament during the debate on the no-confidence motion, Naidu said, “He (BJD chief Naveen Patnaik ) is an old friend... They will be taken on board.”

