Does Chandrababu TDP Naidu try to bond with the BJP again? How will it have an impact on the Lok Sabha elections in 2024? – Firstpost

The Lok Sabha elections in 2024 are in months. But there are great developments in progress, which could transform the country’s political scenario. Wednesday, rumors began to circulate with a possible meeting between the Telugu party of the AMA (TDP) and the Bharatiya Janata (BJP) party when the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu, landed in Delhi and should Meet the Minister of the Interior Amit Shah. What’s going on? Why does the National Democratic National Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP (NDA) court the TDP? Does this decision benefit Naidu? We take a closer look at what’s going on and the implications of a meeting between TDP and BJP. Ghar Wapsi from TDP to the NDA? Former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu arrived in the capital on Wednesday evening and should meet the Minister of the Interior of the Union, Amit Shah, and the president of the BJP JP Nadda later Thursday. A India time The report citing sources said Naidu was in Delhi with regard to “exploratory talks” with the BJP. In addition to Naidu, several senior party leaders have also traveled and will be part of the meeting. The media report said that the TDP will request the clarity of the BJP on a possible link and organize discussions on what the sharing of seats in the state would look like. Currently, the TDP is in alliance with the Jana Sena party led by popular actor Pawan Kalyan to fight the next elections together in Andhra Pradesh. The Jana Sena party, in turn, has an alliance with the BJP in the state. “The TDP has agreed to drop four seats, but the BJP wants to present candidates on at least 10 seats in the next elections of Lok Sabha,” was cited a leader in the BJP Deccan Herald. (Legend id = “attachment_13704262” align = “alignone” width = “640”) The national leader of the Telugu party of the Am Chandrababu Naidu with the president of the party Jana Sena, Pawan Kalyan. The two sewed an alliance in the state. File Image / PTI ( / Legend) If the discussions are well today, so it opens the way for the return of TDP to the NDA. This occurs after the old CM left the NDA in 2018 to protest against the non-application of promises made in the reorganization law AP 2014, including the granting of the status of special category in Andhra Pradesh. The TDP also voted against the Modi government during the vote in trust. However, in the following years, the two parties expressed the desire to meet. The buzz around the return of TDP in the NDA surfaced for the first time in July of last year when Naidu met Shah and Nadda. But the talks did not give any results at that time. “It didn’t make a political meaning at that time,” said one of Naidu’s assistants Deccan Herald. Another meeting then took place in August of last year during a program, which commemorated the life of the founder of TDP, Ntr Rama Rao, at Rashtrapati Bhawan. As an assistant from Naidu said Indian Express These talks between the combination of the TDP-Jana Sena (JSP) party and the BJP have been underway for some time. What will be the impact of a BJP-TDP alliance? Survey experts are of the opinion that the start of the TDP in the NDA fold is a win-win situation for both sides. For TDP, an alliance with the BJP is beneficial electoral. According to the party leadership, joining the hands of the BJP would lift its stature and give it an equal footing to the Ysr congress led by Jagan Mohan Reddy. A TDP deputy was cited as revealing Indian Express“Currently, the chief of the YSRCP, Jagan Mohan Reddy, helps or supports the BJP. Once an TDP-BJP alliance is officially announced, he will be forced to take the BJP head-on in the state. On the other hand, the BJP will also benefit from such an alliance. Those of the BJP believe that Naidu will help the NDA perform well in the state which is governed by the Congress of the YSR. It would help the BJP to extend its imprint in the state of the South – the only region where the party must always establish its electoral force. As a bjp chief said The telegraph“To reach the count of more than 400 years, we must earn a good number of seats in the southern states in addition to reaching saturation in the northern, western and central states.” (Legend id = “pieces_13704272” align = “alignone” width = “640”) The TDP led by Chandrababu Naidu was part of the NDA until 2018. The party then left the alliance to power to protest against the special status of the category in Andhra Pradesh. File Image / PTI ( / Legend) for the primary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given the call of “Ab Ki Baar 400 Paar” to Lok Sabha on February 5 (Monday). In the 2014 Lok Sabha Sabha polls, the BJP -TDP combination had fought together and won 19 seats – 16 by the TDP and three by the BJP – in an undivided Andhra. After the creation of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh has 25 seats, whose BJP hopes to contest on six-eight seats. A return to the TDP in the fold of the NDA will also give a body to the Indian block. The party led by the Naidu moved away from the grouping of the opposition. However, by joining the BJP, he sends a clear signal to the opposite parts, pushing their morale even lower. How does NDA purchases for more allies? While the elections of Lok Sabha are getting closer, the BJP supports its alliances, in an attempt to realize Modi’s dream of “Ab Ki Baar 400 Paar”. Earlier in January, the BJP still went up Nitish Kumar by his side in the Bihar. And now, he has launched a determined effort to conclude an agreement with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), based at Uttar Pradesh, led by Jayant Chaudhary, grandson of the late Charany Charan Singh. Several media reports cite that the BJP courts Chaudhary far from the Samajwadi party. NDTV Wednesday, February 7) that the BJP had offered the RLD five parliamentary seats and two ministerial places. While the RLD remained mom, Akhilesh Yadav de SP said: “He is a very well educated person … understands politics.” In addition, the India time reported that the BJP was also in talks with the Akali Dal, who left the NDA to protest, against agricultural bills, for a new link. It is reported that Akali chief, Sukhbir Singh Badal, had preliminary talks with the BJP for an alliance in the state of Punjab where the two parties struggle. With agency entries