The BJP leaders from Telangana have threatened to quit the party if it enter into an electoral alliance with Telugu Desam Party in the Lok Sabha polls.

District unit chiefs of BJP in the region told party's national-level spokesperson Prakash Javadekar in Hyderabad today that they would quit the party if it form a tie-up with TDP for the April 30 elections. Javadekar and senior leaders, Naresh Gujral and G Satish reached in Hyderabad this morning to finalise the seat-sharing pact with TDP. They met the TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu at his residence. Party sources said,senior leaders of TDP were also present at the meeting.

Chiefs of BJP's Telangana district units held a separate meeting at the party office and opposed the tie-up.

“TDP is overestimating its strength in Telangana. In fact, a tie-up with TDP will only be a loss to BJP,” they said.
Seven out of ten district presidents reportedly threatened to resign.