North Indian parties try to get toehold in Andhra Pradesh

  • | Wednesday | 3rd October, 2018

VIJAYAWADA: With only a few months left for the next round of elections , political parties which are dominant in other parts of the country are looking to make their presence felt in Andhra Pradesh. The Congress had received just 2% vote share in the state as people are angry with the party over the bifurcation. It is flexing muscles this time to show some increase in its vote base compared to 2014 elections. SC, ST and OBC groups are supporting the party, and they have the blessings of party chief Mayawati. The two parties are aligning with the Jana Sena, hoping to win at least a couple of seats taking advantage of Pawan Kalyan’s image.

VIJAYAWADA: With only a few months left for the next round of elections , political parties which are dominant in other parts of the country are looking to make their presence felt in Andhra Pradesh. The parties are opening their local offices here, while some of them have started the exercise to identify potential candidates to contest the next elections.While some regional parties are trying get a foothold in AP, national party Congress is trying to gain lost ground. It is flexing muscles this time to show some increase in its vote base compared to 2014 elections. The Congress had received just 2% vote share in the state as people are angry with the party over the bifurcation. Now, after four years of its continued struggle and its promise to give special category status to the state, the party is poised to improve its vote share in the next elections.Left parties, CPI and CPM , which were also washed out in the last election are also gearing up for polls. The two parties are aligning with the Jana Sena, hoping to win at least a couple of seats taking advantage of Pawan Kalyan’s image. The Jana Sena, which backed the TDP and the BJP in the last elections, is working at the grassroots level and hoping to be the king-maker after the elections.While the ruling TDP is leaving no stone unturned to retain power, the opposition YSR Congress is eyeing to defeat it this time.With this background, some political parties from the north have set their eyes on the state. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which is known in the state since 1994, is set put up a tough fight in the state. SC, ST and OBC groups are supporting the party, and they have the blessings of party chief Mayawati. Interestingly, Mayawati is on good terms with CM N Chandrababu Naidu, and an alliance between the two parties is also anticipated.The other north Indian party, which is looking at the state for 2019, is Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Singh from Uttar Pradesh. The SP is looking at the Yadav community in the state to make its presence felt.Interestingly, Sharad Yadav’s Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) is also looking at the possibility of taking some share of the backward communities (BC), particularly the Yadavs. The party is holding a political meet in Guntur on October 4, where it will name its candidates or hand pick potential candidates.Some splinter groups from backward communities that have been supporting BSP for all these years, are now also looking at Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janasakthi Party. Paswan is known to these sections of the people for his activism after the infamous Tsundur massacre of 1991.

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