The BJP central leadership is said to have hinted to the Chief Ministers of two Telugu states over the possibility of holdig simultaneious elections — combining Assembly polls of at least 13 states with Lok Sabha polls —in January 2024.
Meanwhile, the BJP in Telangana state is currently on a damage control mission.
The party, it is learnt, has realised its folly and the backlash it received in Telangana vis-a-vis the removal of the state party chief, Bandi Sanjay.This raised suspicions that the BJP entered into a secret pact with the ruling BRS for future cooperation.
On the other hand, the BJP has been considering some drastic steps like its old promise of checking corruption in politics.This would have its special echo in the state of Telangana.
BJP leaders are of the view that such steps would also prevent the Congress from turning the alleged BJP-BRS nexus into an electoral issue and reaping its benefits for the tricolour party.The BRS may play the victim card and at the same time attempt to consolidate its position in TS.
According to sources, the proposal to postpone the elections of Telangana state, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram and advance the Lok Sabha polls along with the assembly polls to AP, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, is under active consideration of the Modi government.
In addition to this, the Narendra Modi-led government is likely to bring a resolution for changing India’s official name to ‘Bharat’ during the special session of Parliament, scheduled from September 18-22, reportedly.
