TDP-BJP tie up: Hard choice for minority voters

As for TDP and Congress, both parties have fielded only one Muslim candidate each in the said 25 seats. While TDP has put up N Md Farook in Nandyal, Congress has handed a ticket to Abdul Waheed Shaik in Guntur.

Minorities across Seemandhra have been traditionally Congress supporters.

But a considerable number of Muslim voters are expected to rally this time behind YSR Congress, especially with Congress facing anger over the separate Telangana decision, which many term as “unilateral”, and TDP deciding to go with BJP.