BJP chief Amit shah, the Chanakya of splits and mergers has a grand plan for the general elections of 2019.

We are being told that senior leader Shivpal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party is in touch with BJP chief Amit Shah to split the party soon and align his new party with the NDA.

It's a crisis that has been brewing for a while in UP's first family, all the more apparent now from Sunday's speech by Shivpal Yadav at a public function.


Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother and senior party leader Shivpal Yadav questioned how long he should be waiting in the wings before he is assigned a "responsibility." The SP leader hit out at party chief Akhilesh Yadav saying he is being "ignored" for over a year.

A grand strategy has already been worked out by the BJP to reduce the SP's influence in the 2019 Lok Sabha poll and to ensure BSP chief Mayawati does not pose a big threat to the BJP.  


There are many similarities between the Samajwadi Party and the DMK with its familial rifts.  In Tamil Nadu, too, Shah's hand is being seen. If you recollect, the BJP president had said that in October the party will announce its poll strategy in Tamil Nadu. Shah is in fact waiting for a signal from one of the sons of the the late DMK chief M Karunanidhi. Whether the BJP will support MK Stalin or rebel leader MK Alagiri remains to be seen.


Just today, Alagiri said that he and his faction want to join the the DMK. Karunanidhi had expelled Alagiri in favour of Stalin. "If they don't include us in the party, they will have to face the consequences," he said.


Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh together make up 120 seats in the Lok Sabha and the BJP is trying to shore up its numbers in the event of a loss of 15 to 20 seats.

This can be achieved only if it splits and weakens vote banks of the DMK and SP.

All will be revealed in October. Hang on till then.