MPs from south India — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and others — will likely get inducted into the new government.

Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan and TDP chief heads to New Delhi to attend NDAs meeting.

As far as Lok Sabha and assembly elections are concerned, the alliance among Bharatiya Janata Party-TDP-Jana Sena in Andhra Pradesh is forged with an aim to end the rule of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. However, problems for Naidu does not end with this.

At a time when the Congress’s ability to keep the INDIA Bloc intact has been disappointing, the stake of the neutral parties, which are neither with the NDA nor the Opposition alliance could have re-ignited the hope to see a formidable Opposition at the Centre.

While the BJP wants to contest more than 20 Assembly and around eight Lok Sabha seats, the main opposition party in the southern state, TDP, is unwilling to concede more than five-six parliamentary seats. The TDP also wants the BJP, which is a marginal player in Andhra Pradesh, to not contest more than 10 Assembly seats, the sources said.

Of the total of 175 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the TDP-JSP Combine announced seat-sharing for 118 constituencies in its first official list. This has allowed the partners to make space for BJP if it decides to officially join forces. There is still suspense over the saffron party joining the alliance.

Despite a disastrous tryst with politics more than 15 years ago that ended on a rather ignominious note, Chiranjeevi (68), who has starred in over 150 movies in a career spanning four decades, is still popular among masses and is widely respected for his philanthropic activities.