The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Jana Sena Party (JSP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have arrived at a consensus on seat-sharing for the forthcoming elections in the State. The TDP and JSP have agreed to allocate six Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly constituencies to the BJP, according to a joint statement issued late on Monday night.
The JSP will contest from two Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly constituencies, while the TDP would field its candidates in 17 Lok Sabha and 144 Assembly constituencies.
A high-level meeting was held in Amaravati on Monday, which was attended by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekawat, BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda, TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu, and JSP president Pawan Kalyan. Later, in a joint statement, they said that the names of the constituencies will be announced subsequently by the respective parties.
