YSRCP had won 22 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats and 151 of the 175 Assembly seats in the 2019 elections. Ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the late BJP leader Arun Jaitley had initiated talks with YSRCP to bring the party into the NDA fold. After Naidu pulled out of the Modi government in 2018, the BJP resumed efforts to win over YSRCP, but Reddy did not agree. A YSRCP MP said Reddy had his apprehensions over how his party’s support base would view an alliance with the BJP. Like every other regional party, YSRCP is keeping a close eye on the political developments and re-alignments in Uttar Pradesh,” said a leader.

Source: Indian Express August 09, 2021 22:40 UTC