YS Jagan Reddy’s YSR Congress Social gathering (YSRCP) has denied any plans of becoming a member of the NDA. (File)
Hyderabad:
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi at present has as soon as once more triggered hypothesis that the YSR Congress Social gathering might be part of the BJP-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA). This comes simply two weeks after Mr Reddy’s assembly with Union Residence Minister Amit Shah on September 23 and 24.
The state’s opposition occasion, N Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Social gathering, alleges that Mr Reddy needs to strike a cope with the centre for going simple on the CBI circumstances in opposition to him.
There’s additionally hypothesis that the BJP would need extra companions within the NDA after the exit of the Shiv Sena and the Shiromani Akali Dal, and that, in lieu of the numbers he would add to the NDA within the Rajya Sabha, his occasion can be provided berths for a cupboard minister and a junior minister.
What this may additionally do is to maintain in test actor-politician Pawan Kalyan who joined fingers with the BJP earlier this 12 months. It could additionally put an finish to alleged efforts of Mr Naidu to as soon as once more be counted amongst buddies by the BJP, and maybe pave method for a re-entry of his occasion into the NDA.
Jagan Reddy’s YSR Congress Social gathering (YSRCP) has denied any plans of becoming a member of the NDA. Senior leaders say that having a pleasant centre could also be beneficial at a time when the state goes by way of its worst financial challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic. They, nonetheless, additionally warn that becoming a member of the NDA with out getting a particular class standing for Andhra Pradesh, which was a pre-condition spelt out by him earlier than the 2019 elections, can be seen as backtracking on a significant promise the YSR Congress made to the folks of Andhra Pradesh.
There’s additionally a faculty of that it might be politically extra prudent for each the BJP and Mr Reddy’s occasion to function as separate entities that seem to maintain one another in test.
With the Congress decimated in Andhra Pradesh and a weakened Telugu Desam Social gathering, the BJP is evident that there’s political alternative and house within the new state. Taking up the federal government on varied points would eat into the opposition house that the Telugu Desam Social gathering would hope to occupy by itself.
Apart from, the core constituencies of each the BJP and the YSR Congress are distinct, with the BJP because the ‘mainstream Hindu’ occasion and the YSR Congress as a celebration supported by the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes Christians and different minorities, together with Muslims, who’re in massive numbers in a number of districts like Kurnool, Guntur and Kadapa.
