YS Jagan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has denied any plans to join the NDA. (Proceedings)
Hyderabad:
Andhra Pradesh Prime Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today has once again sparked speculation that the YSR Congress Party could join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) . This comes just two weeks after Reddy’s meeting with the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah on September 23-24.
The state opposition party, the Telugu Desam Party of N Chandrababu Naidu, alleges that Mr. Reddy wants to reach an agreement with the center to go easy on the CBI cases against him.
It is also speculated that the BJP would want more partners in the NDA after the departure of Shiv Sena and Shiromani Akali Dal, and that instead of the numbers it would add to the NDA in Rajya Sabha, their party would be offering bunk beds for a minister of the cabinet and a junior minister.
What this would also do is control actor and politician Pawan Kalyan, who joined the BJP earlier this year. It would also put an end to Mr. Naidu’s alleged efforts to re-count among his friends by the BJP, and perhaps pave the way for his party’s re-entry into the NDA.
Jagan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has denied any plans to join the NDA. Senior leaders say having a friendly hub can be favorable at a time when the state is going through its worst economic challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, they also warn that joining the NDA without gaining special category status for Andhra Pradesh, which was a precondition that he himself explained before the 2019 elections, would be seen as a setback on an important promise that the Congress of the YSR made the United States. Andhra Pradesh village.
There is also a school of thought that it may be more politically prudent for both the BJP and Reddy’s party to operate as separate entities that appear to control each other.
With Congress decimated in Andhra Pradesh and a weakened Telugu Desam Party, the BJP is clear that there are political opportunities and space in the new state. Confronting the government on various issues would consume the opposition space that the Telugu Desam Party would hope to occupy itself.
Furthermore, the central constituencies of both the BJP and the YSR Congress are distinct, with the BJP as the ‘Hindu mainstream’ party and the YSR Congress as a party supported by the Programmed Caste (SC) and programmed, Christian tribes. and other minorities, including Muslims, found in large numbers in various districts such as Kurnool, Guntur, and Kadapa.
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