Andhra Pradesh is getting ready for historic polling in a few hours for both Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. These elections became a prestigious battle for the three main regional parties- Telugu Desam Party, Jana Sena and YCP.
The BJP, which is striving hard to return power at the center for the third consecutive term, is also heavily depending upon TDP and Jana Sena with a formal alliance, as it has a very negligible presence in the state.
Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were seen reluctant in the beginning towards this alliance, due to their earlier proximity with the ruling YCP and chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, they also became vocal in their criticism against the ‘corrupt regime’ of Jaganmohan Reddy.
They seem to have realized that Jagan’s government days are numbered and TDP and its allies are bound to come to power in the state. More particularly, PM Modi was said to be impressed with the amazing response to his road show in Vijayawada a few days prior to polling. This has revealed that people of Andhra Pradesh are in a revolt mood against CM Jagan.
For the first time after 2018, both Modi and Amit Shah mentioned in public meetings that Chandrababu Naidu’s earlier regime pushed the state into development, whereas it was blocked by Jagan’s governance.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi has invited both Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan for his nomination filing programme in Varanasi. He will be filing his nomination on Tuesday, May 14, next day of AP Polling. It is customary for PM Modi to invite leaders of all NDA partners for his nomination filing event.
Responding to the invitation, Chandrababu Naidu has decided to go to Varanasi on Tuesday morning in a special flight from Gannavaram. He will also participate in a meeting arranged with the NDA parties after the nomination submission ceremony.
