VIJAYAWADA : TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Pawan Kalyan arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to hold talks with BJP leaders, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party national president JP Nadda, to strike a three-party electoral alliance with the saffron party.
While Naidu reached the national capital in the evening, Pawan Kalyan landed in the night.
According to reports, Naidu and Pawan went to Shah’s residence in the night. It may be pertinent to note here that the TDP chief had called on the Union minister a month ago and held discussions on the yellow party joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the ensuing elections.
However, as there was no progress on the talks, the TDP and JSP announced the first list of candidates. They have also prepared to announce the second list of candidates.
While the TDP has allocated 24 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats to the Jana Sena, it has announced candidates for 94 constituencies.
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BJP sought Narasapur, Tirupati, Vizag,Rajahmundry and 4 other Lok Sabha seats
It has been learnt that Shah, during a meeting held a month ago, had asked the TDP chief to join the NDA. The latter reportedly sought time, during which the TDP and JSP announced their first list of candidates. The BJP reportedly sought at least eight Lok Sabha seats.
These include: Narasapur, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, and Visakhapatnam constituencies, which they have won previously, besides Araku, Rajampet, Hindupur and Eluru. However, the TDP has agreed to share only four seats : Araku, Rajampet, Hindupur and Rajahmundry.
While the BJP reportedly sought 10 Assembly seats, the yellow party has agreed to concede seven: Kaikalur, Dharmavaram, Jammalamadugu, Visakhapatnam North and one each in erstwhile East and West Godavari, and Tirupati districts. The outcome of the meting is likely to be out on Friday