Hyderabad, Jun 1 (PTI) TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu Saturday asked leaders from Telangana to move ahead with courage regardless of the party's defeat in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections.

Telugu Desam Party leaders from Telangana met the former Andhra Pradesh chief minister during the latter's visit to Hyderabad, TDP sources said.

Naidu also told them that TDP has seen ups and downs in its journey and that party leaders should look ahead, taking care of workers, they said.

The TDP suffered a rout in the recent Andhra Pradesh assembly elections at the hands of the YSR Congress.

The party had earlier lost the Assembly polls in Telangana held in December last year.

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