Jana Sena inks pacts with BSP, Left parties
Seeking to emerge as a potent third force in the state, the Jana Sena of Telugu film star Pawan Kalyan has teamed up with the Bahujan Samaj party, the CPI and the CPI-M for the April 11 polls to Lok Sabha and the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
On a day of hectic political activity, the Jana Sena Sunday afternoon finalised seat-sharing with the BSP and later with the Left parties.
Accordingly, the Jana Sena will contest 140 out of 175 assembly and 18 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats.
BSP has been given three Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly seats, CPI and CPI-M two Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats each, as part of the agreement, Kalyan announced.
The MP and MLA game has become so expensive that we had to take some courageous decisions to contest and change the system. We have put an end to this bizarre money politics somewhere. We are happy to allot four Lok Sabha seats to the Left parties, Kalyan told a press conference.
CPI-M state secretary P Madhu said their objective was to introduce .