BJP, TDP and Jana Sena will form an alliance for the upcoming LS and Andhra polls: Naidu
The TDP will contest the remaining 17 Lok Sabha and 145 Assembly seats, they said, adding that an official announcement will be made soon (Photo: PTI)
The BJP, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Jana Sena Party have reached an agreement to form an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls, former southern state chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Saturday.
“Andhra Pradesh has been badly devastated. The coming together of the BJP and the TDP is a win-win situation for the country and the state,” Naidu told a group of reporters while praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
The alliance will sweep the polls in Andhra Pradesh, he claimed, taking a swipe at the YSR Congress, which is in power in the southern state.
The three parties sealed their alliance on Saturday after a second round of talks involving their senior leaders, sources said.
They said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jana Sena can contest around thirty-eight Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh.
The TDP will contest the remaining 17 Lok Sabha and 145 Assembly seats, they said, adding that an official announcement will be made soon.
The BJP could contest around six Lok Sabha seats and an equal number of Assembly seats in the southern state, the sources said.
The deal was finalized during the second round of talks involving TDP supremo Naidu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and Jana Sena party chief Pawan Kalyan.
The Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will be held simultaneously in Andhra Pradesh.
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First print: March 9, 2024 | 5:32 PM IST