NEW DELHI: In a big political improvement, sources on Friday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has efficiently finalized seat-sharing agreements with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) led by Chandrababu Naidu and actor Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
As per the settlement, this newly cast alliance extends its scope to each the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections scheduled for later this yr. The BJP is anticipated to contest 6-8 seats within the Lok Sabha and 10-12 seats within the Assembly. Simultaneously, Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena is about to contest on 3 Lok Sabha and 24 Assembly seats.
The listing of possible BJP candidates consists of D. Purandeshwari, Pradesh BJP President, presumably from Visakhapatnam or Rajamundry; Geetha Aleru from Araku (Reserved); C.R. Ramesh or Tapan Choudhury from Narasapuram; Raghurama Krishna Raju from Vijayawada; Former Union Minister Y.S. Chowdary or P.P. Veerprasad from Rajampet; Former CM Kiran Kumar Reddy from Hindupur; and Paripurnanand Swami from Hindupur.
Telugu Desam Party President N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan held essential discussions with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP Chief JP Nadda in Delhi on Thursday. Speculations arose that the TDP is more likely to be part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the upcoming elections in Andhra Pradesh.
The TDP, as soon as a part of the BJP-led NDA till 2018, expressed curiosity in reviving the alliance after a considerable defeat within the 2019 elections. Talks of a tri-party alliance between regional events and the BJP have circulated for a while. The Jana Sena Party, led by actor Pawan Kalyan and a former NDA member, has already aligned with the TDP.
Andhra Pradesh boasts 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly seats. In the earlier elections, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party dominated, securing 22 of the state’s 25 Lok Sabha seats and 151 of its 175 Assembly segments.
Anticipated to happen in April-May, the Lok Sabha elections have the ruling BJP aiming for a 3rd time period beneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The get together has set an bold goal of successful 370 seats independently and 400 with allies.
