NEW DELHI – An Indian political party that governs a southern state quitPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition on Friday blaming it for a lack offinancial support, officials said, in a blow to the coalition ahead ofnational elections next year.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) controls 16 lawmakers in India’s 545-memberparliament, but Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition remains inmajority.

The party, that runs Andhra Pradesh, had been demanding greater financialassistance ever since the division of the state in 2014 which it says ledto loss of revenue.