Tough battle for BJP in Telegu states
Live MintHyderabad: With no alliance partners and a lack of leadership in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party faces a tough challenge in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in both the Telugu states. From winning just one assembly seat in the 2018 Telangana assembly polls, the prospects in Andhra Pradesh In the 2014 assembly and Lok Sabha elections, the BJP managed to win five MLA and one Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana, and four MLAs and two parliamentary constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. Even for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Telangana, it is banking on big names from a weak Congress who are looking to quit the grand old party since last year’s elections, according to BJP leaders. Another BJP leader from Andhra Pradesh, who also did not want to be quoted, acknowledged that the party was not likely to win any of the 175 assembly or 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state “Since we have split from the TDP, it might help us in increasing our vote share this time,” he mentioned and added that the BJP was unlikely to have an alliance.