Ever since the TDP came up on the political scene, it has triggered bipolar politics in Andhra Pradesh. It was either Congress or TDP in the past. Now it’s either YCP or TDP. The BJP is determined to change this and emerge as a third alternative force. But it miserably failed in 2019 election. Jana Sena Party showed some strength but it could not rise to the level of challenging the main two players.
In the past five months, the BJP leaders made all out efforts to win over leaders from the TDP, YCP and Jana Sena. There were no major gains. They expected many TDP leaders to join the BJP because of CM Jagan harassment. But that didn’t go along expected lines. Analysts say that the BJP is still seen as a purely North Indian party which has no grip over the caste-based politics in AP. Three dominant castes are supporting YCP, TDP and Jana Sena. There is less space left for the BJP to enter.
Amid such hard realities, BJP state incharge Sunil Deodhar and MP GVL Narasimha Rao are talking that their party will not tie up with any other party in the next elections. They know well that any alliance with other parties will weaken BJP in Andhra permanently. On its part, the TDP is confident of its advantages because of the bipolar politics among AP vote banks.
