For the elections, the trio of Narendra Modi, Pawan Kalyan and Chandrababu Naidu came together with the objective of preventing the frontrunner YS Jagan from winning and they managed to do it successfully.
But nine months into the new government, there are fissures in the alliance.
The BJP wants to strengthen itself in the new State whereas the TDP is wary of any such attempts.
As for the ‘Jana Sena’, it largely remains a Party of ‘fans’ without any cadre.
To a large extent, the credibility of Jana Sena will depend a lot on the people’s issues taken up by Pawan Kalyan.
He has recently threatened an agitation if the TDP invokes the land acquisition act for the new capital.
On the surface, the trio maintain an atmosphere of bonhomie but clearly things are far from okay between them.
Amit Shah has issued specific instructions to the BJP in AP that they should prepare to fight 2019 alone.
In such an atmosphere of mistrust between the alliance partners, the ultimate losers will be the people.
