Calling it a "win-win situation for the country and Andhra Pradesh", Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu Saturday said his party, the BJP and Pawan Kalyan's JanaSena Party (JSP) have formed an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. The BJP, in an official release, also confirmed the alliance and added that the modalities of seat sharing will be deliberated within a day or two. On the prospects of the TDP-BJP-Jana Sena alliance in the general elections and the Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls, Naidu asserted that it will be a "clean sweep". BJP chief JP Nadda, in a post on X, said, "I wholeheartedly welcome the decision of N Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan to join the NDA family. Under the dynamic and visionary leadership of PM Narendra Modi, BJP, TDP, and JSP are committed to the progress of the country and the upliftment of the state and people of Andhra Pradesh." I wholeheartedly welcome the decision of Shri @ncbn and Shri @PawanKalyan to join the NDA family. Under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Hon. PM Shri @narendramodi ji, BJP, TDP, and JSP are committed to the progress of the country and the upliftment of the state and… — Jagat Prakash Nadda (Modi Ka Parivar) (@JPNadda) March 9, 2024 The announcement comes hours after Naidu held the second round of talks with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday as the two parties worked to seal their alliance for the upcoming polls. Lok Sabha and assembly polls will be held simultaneously in Andhra Pradesh. Talks have been going on between leaders of the three parties for several days, and resumed on Friday. The BJP side was represented by Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda, with Naidu and actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan representing their parties. Senior TDP leader and Rajya Sabha MP K Ravindra Kumar had on Friday said that the BJP, the Jana Sena, and his party have decided in principle to work together for upcoming polls and the modalities are being worked out. While the TDP and BJP had been allies earlier, Naidu broke the tie-up in 2018, citing the failure of the Centre to give Andhra Pradesh special category status as a reason. If that was a political move ahead of the 2019 elections, it had backfired on the TDP miserably. Since then, Naidu has been trying to claw his way back into the NDA camp.
