A new ‘formal or an informal alliance’ seems to be in the offing with certain leaders from both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) pushing for an ‘understanding’ for the Parliament polls even as a section of leaders in the BJP are strongly opposing it.
Top sources in the BJP’s Central leadership said that a couple of State leaders are trying to persuade the party high command to have an ‘understanding’ with the BRS in Telangana so that the Congress juggernaut could be halted. A ‘proposal’ to this effect is being pushed by a senior State leader with the BJP high command in New Delhi much to the chagrin of other leaders who fought BRS tooth and nail in last 10 years.
Their take is that the anti-incumbency against the BRS is still fresh in the minds of people and pushing for an alliance at this crucial juncture will be suicidal for the saffron party. This point of view has been put before the party top leadership. “BRS is not in a position to win more than two MP seats in any case. Why should we concede the ground to them rather than depending on Modi’s charisma,” is their argument.
