JDU Completed, Discussions Continue With RLD, Chandrababu Naidu & Akali Dal: BJP Sees Past Allies to Raise 2024 Score
Following its agreement with JD(U) in the eastern state of Bihar, the BJP is on course to form alliances with political parties throughout the nation in an attempt to gain a record majority in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Negotiations are now taking on with the RLD, TDP, and Akali Dal, insiders said News18.
“Talks are currently underway with Jayant Chaudhary and the discussion right now is on the seats that the RLD can get in the NDA,” a BJP source confirmed the news.
Chaudhry has met with the top leadership of the BJP at least twice or three times. According to sources, he has requested four to five seats in the next elections, including Baghpat, a stronghold for families.
In Uttar Pradesh, particularly in the Jat-dominated area, the RLD enjoys a sizable following. The BJP is determined to win as many seats as possible in Uttar Pradesh, particularly in the western region. Chaudhary can assist them in mitigating the effect of the farmers’ protest and the wrestlers’ agitation, in addition to the Jat problem.
In the meanwhile, in an attempt to form an alliance in Punjab, the top brass of the Shiromani Akali Dal has met with the BJP leadership at least twice.
The NDA headed by the BJP’s longest partners were Parkash Singh Badal and Akali Dal. But once the administration introduced the agriculture measures, the partnership disintegrated. Subsequently, Akali Dal broke up its relationship with the NDA, and Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the Union cabinet. In anticipation of the 2024 elections, the Akali Dal is thinking of returning to its former ally, the BJP, despite the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress in Punjab posing a serious challenge.
Amit Shah and JP Nadda were in the nation’s capital a few days ago, and while there, Telugu Desam Party leader Chandrababu Naidu met with senior BJP officials. Before meeting with Naidu again, the BJP leadership will also meet with Pawan Kalyan, its ally in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
In Andhra Pradesh, Kalyan’s Janasena has an alliance with the TDP in addition to the NDA. “The leadership of both parties is keen on getting back together to help the BJP register a victory in the state and also get seats in Andhra Pradesh where their score is currently zero,” a senior source stated. “Talks have not reached the seat-distribution stage yet.”
Between 2014 and 2018, Naidu formed an alliance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, having previously allied with the NDA under Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After the Union government rejected proposals for Andhra Pradesh to have special status, the TDP severed its connections. But in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSRCP handed the TDP a crushing defeat. TDP suffered a setback in the assembly elections that coincided with the Lok Sabha polls.
Another BJP ally pushing for a southern emphasis, AIADMK, spearheaded a sour rupture last year. Nonetheless, in many interviews with Tamil Nadu’s regional media, a number of ministers have said that the AIADMK is welcome to rejoin the NDA.
The JDS and BJP have formed an alliance in the state of Karnataka, and discussions over seat distribution are likely to begin. In the Mandya belt, which has historically served as the party’s heartland, the JDS has requested four seats.
The BJP has formed an alliance with the Ajit Pawar-dominated section of the NCP and the Shiv Sena, headed by Eknath Shinde, in the state of Maharashtra as well. More talks between the saffron party and these parties on the allocation of the 48 Lok Sabha seats are scheduled to take place shortly.
PM Modi established the goal for the NDA in the next Lok Sabha elections when he spoke to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in the Lok Sabha. The prime minister said categorically that the NDA will win more than 400 seats, while the BJP would secure 370 seats. The NDA may rest easy, with the goal established and the alliances anticipated to form prior to the poll dates being announced.
