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TDP to open its cards only at the last minute

At a meeting of the Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party in Hyderabad, party chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the party could wait for Vajpayee's statement in the House before deciding which way to vote on the Opposition-sponsored motion.

TDP sources quoted Naidu as saying he was under "no pressure to take a decision in a hurry" and the party's stand would be made clear at an "appropriate time".

The sources said the TDPP discussed all three options before the party -- voting in favour of the censure motion, voting against it and abstaining.

After the TDPP meeting, Naidu, who has been holding a series of talks with his party colleagues over the last two weeks to weigh various options, began meeting his MPs separately to elicit their views.

Evading questions from waiting reporters, Naidu said, "We will let you know if there is anything."

The TDP has 28 members in the Lok Sabha and 13 in the Rajya Sabha.

With Naidu's one-to-one interaction with the MPs expected to last several hours, a crucial meeting of the TDP politburo on the issue of firming up the party's stand is likely only on Monday.

PTI

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