BJP units in Andhra, TN, Delhi directionless ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls

So far, the BJP has no revival strategy for Delhi, save for harbouring a fond hope to see the Congress bounce back and confront the ruling Aam Aadmi Party

At a time when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is focussing excessively on the Northeast, its units in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Delhi are facing the party’s “high command’s continued neglect”. 

While Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu together send 64 MPs to the Lok Sabha, Delhi has seven parliamentary seats — all won by the BJP in 2014. The party, however, appears in no hurry to address its worries in these states before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

“Andhra Pradesh is the Centre’s stepchild,” rued a state office-bearer. 
 

Pon Radhakrishnan, the Kanyakumari MP and junior minister in the NDA government, took