The BJP, the Telegu Desam Party (TDP) and the Pawan Kalyan led Jana Sena Party (JSP) through a joint statement officially announced that they would be fighting the 2024 Lok Sabha and the concurrently held Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh.
The joint statement initiated by the BJP president J P Nadda but also issued on behalf of TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu and Mr Kalyan came after three days of talks between the three parties in New Delhi to tie up loose ends, and speaks of the alliance fighting “under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Modi”, but remains silent on the nuts and bolts of seat adjustment.
Sources however have confirmed to The Hindu, that out of 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, BJP will be fighting six, while the JSP which was earlier to fight three, will now fight on two seats, leaving 17 seats for the TDP. Out of the 175, BJP and JSP together will fight 30 seats. A joint rally of the alliance is scheduled for around March 17th in Guntur, said sources. “Specific seats are still being decided, and the sticking points remain Vishakhapatnam and Vijyavada, seats claimed by the BJP, but difficult for TDP to part with for personal and political reasons,” said a source in the TDP.
