The post of BJP Party President in Andhra Pradesh has been contested by several BJP leaders and BJP high-command refused to make changes in last several months. Many analysts closely monitored how BJP high command responding on this and with whom it will fill this post. Because, by seeing the candidate occupying this post, one can have a fair guess of the game BJP wants to play.
In the wake of recent sharp comments between some BJP leaders and TDP leaders, once again surfaced the topic of TDP-BJP alliance breaking up before 2019 elections. Moreover, the leaders like Somu Veerraju, Purandhareshwari are among the front liners who are attacking Chandra Babu and TDP government. So, any attempt by BJP to give the post of AP president to such leaders, will have definitely given boost to some of the AP BJP leaders who want to break up with TDP.
But Narendra Modi and Amit Shah duo decided to continue Kambhampati Hari Babu as AP BJP president. He is currently serving MP from Visakhapatnam and people say he is disciple of Venkayya Naidu and he is soft towards TDP. So, Modi-Shah duo, by preferring continuation of Hari Babu, gave enough hints about their plans for 2019 elections. It seems, Jagan’ s open offer to BJP didn’t have much effect on them. Had one among those BJP leaders who follow anti-TDP stand – like Somu Veerraju, Purandhareswari, Kanna, or some other such leader – been selected to this top post, definitely, that would have stirred lot of debate by now and those who were waiting for TDP-BJP alliance to break up would have been on cloud nine. But, at least for now, Modi-Shah duo brought disappointment for them.