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In 1980, he became minister for technical education and cinematography in Tanguturi Anjaiah government.When his father-in-law NT Rama Rao launched Telugu Desam Party, Chandrababu Naidu remained with Congress and contested the 1983 elections on a Congress ticket. VIJAYAWADA: In a giant leap of realpolitik before the 2019 mother of all elections, Telugu Desam Party boss N Chandrababu Naidu took a break from 35 years of strident anti-Congressism to join hands with the grand old party. “We (Congress and TDP) are not going to get into the past. He made his first move to be inch closer to Congress at Bengaluru when HD Kumaraswamy assumed charge as chief minister of Karnataka, defeating BJP. Being with the BJP, he never left a chance to attack the Congress.Thursday’s meeting with Rahul Gandhi finally brought him back to the Congress, “to save the nation” from the BJP and Narendra Modi..