Jeevitha-Rajasekhar to join BJP

Celebrity couple Jeevitha and Rajasekhar would be joining the National party BJP on 25th of this month. They will take the primary membership of the party in the presence of BJP top brass leader Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday morning at around 10.40 am in Nampally BJP office.

Reports say, the couple were in talks with the BJP leaders for sometime now. After getting clear assurance from the BJP leadership over the posts they would be getting, the duo has declared that they will join the party. Jeevitha would be offered a prominant post - South India's BJP spokes-women. On the other hand, Rajasekhar might get a union minister post, if BJP regains the power in 2014 polls.

The duo started their political career with TDP and later moved to the Congress party during the tenure of late YS Rajasekhar Reddy as CM. After YSR's sudden demise, they resigned from the primary membership of the Congress and joined Jagan's YSR Congress party. But their stay in YSRC didn't last for too long, as differences propped up between the Yuva Neta and the Star Couple. After taking potshots at Jagan, they announced their decision to quit the party. Although they tried to join their parent party TDP using their good relations with Balayya, TDP Chief Chandrababu didn't show any interest in taking them into the party. Finally, they have chosen the BJP which is trying to regain its lost glory in Telangana using the strong sentiment in the region. Let's see, how long they can survive in this new party!

Can BJP Oust Congress In AP?

Bharatiya Janata Party is taking an edge over other parties in many states as per political observations. Yesterday, the party swept the Muncipal Corporation of Delhi elections with stupendous majority. Can they show the same in AP to oust Congress?

BJP has set trend in AP by winning a seat in Telangana during the recent by-poll. It shocked not only TRS, but the jolts are felt by Congress sleuths too. Yesterday's win in Delhi is an example of how people believe in BJP's words that Congress is a corruption-hit government with inefficiency in controlling the rising commodity prices. What are thought as strong holds of Congress in Delhi are simply swept away by the Lotuswalas. Observers are saying that BJP may play a key role in the coming by-polls of AP too.

One can expect them to spring a surprise as they are not tagged with this caste agenda in AP state, though there is a chance of secular agenda, say observers. However, a strong leadership is not present in state's BJP and is limited between few leaders like Kishan Reddy, Venkaiah Naidu and Bandaru Dattatreya. Let us wait for a couple of months to see whether BJP could create waves or not!