The BJP is busy trying to lure in Telugu Desam dissidents mainly from the coastal districts, which have been the bastions for the Telugu Desam Party. The BJP is using Operation Akarsh to strengthen its base of the party in wake of it gaining strength in various parts of the country. It has included former TDP MLA from Cheepurupalli in Vizianagaram district G Babu Rao in the party. The party has finalized the date for the joining of party leader and former minister Bobbili Sanjay Krishna Ranga Rao. He is in talks with the former MLA from Gajapatinagaram Padala Aruna. She is said to be looking to join the BJP in wake of the neglect by the TDP high command.
Kala main target for BJP
The BJP is trying its best to include former State president of Telugu Desam, former minister Kalavenkata Rao Kimidi into the party. He has a stronghold in the northern coastal district. The party is trying to persuade the TDP leader through Gadde Babu Rao, as talks were held with Kala’s elder brother Ramakrishna Naidu at his residence in Srikakulam district under the leadership of Vizianagaram district BJP president Reddy Pavani. They gave assurance to the family of Kala that they would be provided with a respectable position in the party.
It is an open secret that the decision-maker in the family of Kala is Ramakrishna Naidu. In this perspective, the BJP team went to have talks with him and this has become a topic of discussion in the state.