Marthi Subrahmanyam
Vijayawada
It seems the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have no clarity on whether the alliance with the Jana Sena will continue in the future or go to polls in tieup with the Pawan Kalyan’s party.
The BJP AP affairs in-charge and Union Minister Muralidharan and national co-general secretary Siva Prakash, addressing State executive meetings held in Bhimavaram four days ago, suggested that the BJP in Andhra Pradesh not align with any party and it should become an alternative force by increasing its strength.
At the same time, the resolution introduced in the BJP executive committee meeting said that the BJP should align with the like-minded parties, causing embarrassment to State party leaders as the BJP is already in alliance with the Jana Sena.
The BJP State executive meeting has failed to send a clear signal to the cadre that the party would continue its alliance with the JSP in AP.Causing more embarrassment to the leaders and cadre, some BJP senior leaders confirmed that the BJP’s alliance with the JSP would continue. Significantly, Union Minister Murilidharan spoke against the regional parties stating that the regional parties are detrimental to the progress of the country and the regional parties are also family parties.
The BJP leaders recalled that BJP aligned with the Shiv Sena, Janata Dal (S), Janata Dal (U) and several other regional parties previously. Jana Sena is also a regional party with which the BJP aligned in AP, a BJP leader said.
The then Palnadu district president Saida Rao told the media that he was asked by a State general secretary why the Jana Sena flag was placed in BJP meetings. This clearly indicates some BJP leaders are against working with JSP, a BJP said.
In the backdrop of Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan meeting recently, Pawan Kalyan and JSP were not mentioned in the BJP executive committee meetings.Meanwhile, Pawan Kalyan’s recent statement that, if needed, he would go for a new alliance with other parties to ensure that anti-YSRCP votes would not split, put the BJP leaders and cadre in confusion.
Jana Sena chief’s comments led to a new debate in the BJP leaders and they are at crossroads on the continuing alliance with the JSP.
