Almost six years after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) walked out of the BJP-led NDA, in March 2018, accusing it of ignoring pleas to grant Special Category Status (SCS) to a truncated Andhra Pradesh post the formation of Telangana in 2014, the Chandrababu Naidu-led outfit is close to rejoining the alliance.

Naidu arrived in Delhi on Thursday, in what party insiders called a last-ditch attempt to convince the top BJP leadership for an alliance. He huddled with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J P Nadda in a late-night meeting. Sources said actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan, whose party Jana Sena Party (JSP) is already in the NDA and in an alliance with TDP in Andhra Pradesh, also attended the meeting. Sources said the two parties have agreed in principle to an alliance and seat-sharing details are being worked out.