Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who would be assuming power for the third consecutive term in a couple of days, is now banking on two major regional parties – Telugu Desam Party led by N Chandrababu Naidu and Janata Dal (U) headed by Nitish Kumar for the survival of the National Democratic Alliance government.
Since Modi is depending heavily on Naidu, it is generally expected that whatever Naidu asks, Modi may be compelled to fulfil.
So, one would expect that the TDP chief might ask the Modi government to speed up the prosecution against his political rival Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in the CBI case so that the latter might be thrown behind the bars.
But, analysts say, Modi is unlikely to target Jagan Mohan Reddy at least in the immediate future.
Because who knows the BJP might as well need the support of Jagan in future, in the event of Naidu or Nitish chooses to pull the rug from under the feet of the Modi government.
All said done Jagan has four MPs, who are very valuable under any circumstances, especially since the NDA is surviving with a razor thin majority. In the event of Naidu and Nitish making an attempt to ditch Modi, he should have the Plan B for survival.
So, Jagan will be part of the Plan B. In any such eventuality, Modi will have to seek Jagan’s support, besides splitting some INDIA bloc parties for his survival.
At the same time, the YSRCP still the most powerful party in Rajya Sabha with 11 MPs and their support is definitely needed for Modi to get any important bill passed by the Parliament.
So, it is unlikely that Modi would resort to witch-hunt of Jagan, even if Naidu tries to bring pressure on him, analysts said.
