BJP gives up Andhra Rajya Sabha seat amid K Annamalai exit buzz

Key points

• Fast-moving political developments in the Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party appear to have had a ripple effect on the NDA's Rajya Sabha seat-sharing arrangement in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
• In a significant development, the BJP has given up its claim to a Rajya Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh as part of a revised seat-sharing formula worked out among NDA allies.
• According to sources, the seat was earlier reportedly being considered for former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, who is expected to resign from the party on Friday.
• According to sources, NDA leaders, including Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan and state BJP leaders, held a meeting in Amaravati on Thursday to finalise the new arrangement for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
• Under the revised formula, three of the four Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant in Andhra Pradesh will...