BJP-Chandrababu Naidu-Pawan Kalyan Alliance Finalised, Say Sources

The Bharatiya Janata Party has finalised seat-share deals with the Telugu Desam Party of ex-Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and actor Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena, sources told NDTV Friday evening. The alliance covers the Lok Sabha election and the Assembly poll later this year, with the national party likely to contest six to eight seats in the former and 10-12 in the latter.

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party dominated both elections five years ago, winning 22 of the state's 25 Lok Sabha seats and 151 of its 175 Assembly segments.

The BJP - which contested both on its own - failed to win a single seat in either.