Seat-Sharing in AP:  BJP Gets 6 LS, 10 Assembly Seats Finalized

Amaravathi/Hyderabad, March 12 (Maxim News):  NDA partners in Andhra Pradesh finalized their seat-sharing formula for the Lok Sabha and state polls following a marathon discussion under which the BJP will contest six Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats while the TDp will fight 17 Parliamentary and 144 assembly seats. 

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Under the deal, Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena will contest two Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly seats, TDP supremo N.chandrababu Naidu announced after the meeting. 

Senior BJP leader and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,  TDP Supremo Naidu, and Jana Sena chief Kalyan in Amaravati to finalize seat sharing for the upcoming Parliamentary and Assembly elections. 

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“In Amaravati today, the BJP, TDP, and JSP (Jana Sena) forged a formidable seat-sharing formula.  With this significant step, the people of Andhra Pradesh now stand on the threshold of reclaiming our state and paving the way for a brighter future. 

I humbly call upon my people of Andhra Pradesh to shower their blessings upon this alliance, and grant us a historic mandate to serve them, said Naidu in a post on X. The state has 25 Lok sabha and 175 Assembly seats. 

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Jana Sena was initially supposed to contest 24 Assembly and 24 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats, but in the seat-sharing formula, it got 21 Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats, after the tDP joined the NDa alliance recently. 

The 2014 polls will be the first time the three parties are contesting the polls together.  Back in 2014, when TDP and BJP fought the polls together, Jana Sena was their outside ally. 

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The TDp and Jana Sena have announced the names of 100 candidates already and Naidu said the respective parties will name other candidates soon. 

Meanwhile, TDP sources said that the state’s opposition party has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend an election meeting which could take place between March 17 and 20.  

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“We have invited Modi for the meeting, mostly he will come for the meeting, but the date is not yet finalized.  We proposed March 17 but a day here and there, mostly Modi will be there. Between March 17 and 20, it will happen.  That will be a good way to kick off the campaign, Modi, Naidu, Pawan, all together, the sources added. 

Another TDP source emphasized that if Modi participates in this meeting. It could be the first time in a decade that Modi, Naidu, and Kalyan would be sharing the stage.  (Maxim News) 

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