Is YSR Congress joining NDA? CM Jagan flies to Delhi to meet PM Modi amid buzz

The YSR Congress Party chief and Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is about to satisfy Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, sparking buzz that the get together from Andhra Pradesh may be a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance. Speculation has been gaining floor that such a transfer is within the offing.

Just final week, Shiromani Akali Dal, NDA’s oldest ally, junked the alliance over its opposition to the controversial farm payments. Last 12 months, it was the Shiv Sena, who jumped ship over the difficulty of chief ministership in Maharashtra.

Jagan Reddy left for New Delhi on Monday night and is scheduled to satisfy Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 10.30 am on Tuesday. “The Prime Minister is likely to invite the YSRCP into the NDA to strengthen his hands,” the get together chief mentioned.

This is the second go to of the Andhra Pradesh chief minister within the final two weeks. On September 22, Jagan had a two-day go to to Delhi and met Union minister Amit Shah, supposedly to have preliminary discussions on the YSRCP becoming a member of the NDA, moreover points pertaining to the state. He, nonetheless, couldn’t get the appointment of the Prime Minister then.

VDP Associates, a data-analytics agency concerned in election surveys, tweeted on Monday: “BJP has reportedly offered 2 cabinet and 1 Minister of State (Independent) to YSRCP. Jagan asked to rush to Delhi for exclusive talks with PM Modi.”

However, the YSRCP chief quoted above mentioned PM Modi may supply one cupboard and one minister of state put up to the get together within the authorities.

With 22 MP seats, the YSRCP is the fourth largest nationwide get together. It additionally has six MPs in Rajya Sabha. From day one among coming into energy in Andhra Pradesh in May 2019, Jagan has been sustaining pleasant relations with the NDA authorities.

The YSRCP has been supporting each determination of the Modi authorities each within the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. While the NDA’s long-term ally Akali Dal strongly resisted the farm payments, the YSRCP voted in favour of the identical. The YSRCP MPs prolonged assist to the BJP within the election of Harivansh Narayan Singh as deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha final week.

The Jagan authorities additionally accepted the choice given by the Modi authorities for moving into for extra borrowings to offset the GST compensation fee by the Centre, although greater than 12 states, together with Telangana, opposed the identical.

Jagan additionally accepted Modi authorities’s situation to implement energy sector reforms as a part of Atmanirbhar Bharat bundle, together with fixing of meters to the agriculture sector in order to boost its borrowing limits.

“If YSRCP joins the NDA, it will be a win-win situation for both Jagan as well as the BJP,” says political analyst from Visakhapatnam Mallu Rajesh.

The BJP is searching for new political allies after the quitting of Shiv Sena and Akali Dal and the YSRC can turn out to be useful in passage of essential payments, significantly within the Rajya Sabha. On the opposite hand, the YSRCP wants the assist of the Modi authorities on the Centre to maintain the state’s monetary place.

“At the same time, Jagan is still facing the CBI case in an alleged quid pro quo case, while his kin are under CBI scanner in connection with the murder of his uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy. Jagan is also keen on getting a CBI probe ordered into the alleged land scam in Amaravati involving his bete noire N Chandrababu Naidu. So, joining the NDA will make things easy for him,” Rajesh mentioned.

In an interview to HT final month, Jagan made it clear that his get together would place the pursuits of the state above every thing else.

“Our support will be issue-based and will involve the betterment of our state in every aspect,” he mentioned.