In run-up to simultaneous Assembly & Lok Sabha polls, YSRCP and TDP in touch with BJP for alliance

In the run-up to the simultaneous Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh, both the ruling YSRCP and its rival TDP are in touch with the BJP to explore political alliances, though no concrete announcement has emerged so far.

On February 8, TDP supremo and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu met senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah late at night in New Delhi, setting off speculation that they negotiated a possible political alliance. Both parties are yet to announce a tie-up.

A source told PTI that “TDP and BJP are forming an alliance” which could be announced in a few days’ time.