Amaravati: Pawan Kalyan-led Jana Sena stitched an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj party, CPI and CPI-M for the 11 April Lok Sabha and the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections.
While the BSP has been given three Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly seats, CPI and CPI-M two Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats each, as part of the agreement. Jana Sena will contest 140 out of 175 assembly and 18 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats, said Kalyan.
Speaking at a press conference, the ctor-turned-politician said that some courageous decisions were taken by his party to contest and change the system as they had to put an end to the bizarre money politics somewhere. We are happy to allot four Lok Sabha seats to the Left parties, Kalyan told a press conference.
CPI-M state secretary P Madhu stated that their’s was a good combination and that they would jointly confront the Congress and the BJP. Their objective was to introduce a new politics in the state by breaking the hegemony of the TDP and the YSR Congress.
CPI state secretary K Ramakrishna and Sena leader Nadendla Manohar were among those present. CPI-M is said to get Kurnool and Nellore Lok Sabha seats, while CPI Anantapuramu and Kadapa seats. The BSP, who’s senior leader and Rajya Sabha member Veer Singh came to Vijayawada to formalise the alliance, has been allotted SC reserved Lok Sabha seats in Chittoor, Tirupati and Bapatla.
Kalyan who had met BSP chief Mayawati three days ago said that he wished to see her as the Prime Minister. Although many do appreciate her personality and greatness, the nation needs a strong leader like Mayawati as Prime Minister.
Pawan announced that on 3 April, Mayawati would tour Amalapuram and the next day Tirupati. She would then go to Hyderabad. The Jana Sena said its alliance with BSP would extend to April 11 Lok Sabha elections in neighbouring Telangana as well but did not specify the seats each would contest.
In a new turn of events, former IPS officer V Lakshmi Narayana, who had led the probe into the Jaganmohan Reddy disproportionate assets case, joined the Jana Sena yesterday after much speculation.