Appointing Kanna Lakshmi Narayana as AP BJP Chief has come as a surprise to many people in the state as well as in the political circles. Usually BJP top positions will be given to those who come from RSS background. Also it is very rare for BJP to give such top position to turncoat politicians. However these two reasons did not stop Kanna lakshminarayana to get the top post. Many people are now discussing the reason why BJP High Command chose Kanna over Somu Veerraju.

It seems there have been couple of reasons for that. Alliance between TDP and BJP has come to an end after budget. So BJP has to ally with any other major party in Andhra Pradesh as it doesn’t have strength to go on its own. Of course YSRCP is ready to join BJP. So it seems BJP high command might have thought Kanna lakshminarayana being a senior leader and good at negotiations will be able to strike a right deal with YSR CP. Also if needed BJP may want Janasena also into their alliance and they felt Kanna is able to convince Pawan Kalyan as well.

Another reason for choosing Kanna over Somu veerraju is that a section of BJP leaders are not happy with Somu veerraju and wanted BJP high command not to give him the top post even though they are not particular who else will get it. So all these reasons combined, made BJP high command to go with Kanna. We will have to wait and see how Kanna will strengthen the party in the state where it almost lost the ground