Earlier in the day, TDP lawmaker YS Chowdary likened the decision to pull out of the union government as an unfortunate divorce. He said that he and Ashok Gajapathi Raju would continue to work as parliamentarians for Andhra Pradesh. "We will be happy when marriages happen, not when divorces happen. It is not a good move, but unfortunately due to unavoidable circumstances we had to take this move. We are stepping down as ministers, but our president has said we will be continuing as part of NDA," Mr Chowdary told reporters.