The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and matinee idol-turned politician Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena have decided to forge an alliance and contest the Telangana Assembly polls together, even though the actual seat adjustment is yet to be finalised as per the deal made in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.
Telangana BJP president G. Kishan Reddy, and Rajya Sabha MP K. Laxman, among others, were present during the talks held with Mr. Pawan Kalyan on Thursday. The Jana Sena is said to have sought more than 20 seats in different parts of the State, including districts of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Nalgonda, Khammam, Mahabubnagar and a few others, according to senior leaders.
The local BJP leadership, however, is not ready to share more than eight seats with the Jana Sena. But it is also not averse to the film star campaigning on behalf of the party across Telangana. Jana Sena is part of the NDA and we have a tie-up in Andhra Pradesh too. What is wrong if we make use of his services here? Everything will be finalised in a few days, they said.
