vijayawada with the first round of talks in delhi between tdp president n chandrababu naidu and union home minister amit shah concluding on a positive note on saturday night tdp leaders in andhra pradesh are hopeful of striking a formal electoral alliance in coming daysthe tdp brass is keen to rope in bjp to make the alliance formidable to take on the jagan mohan reddyled ysrcp in the next assembly and lok sabha elections next year and is ready to walk the extra mile to take bjp along naidu is likely to meet prime minister narendra modi in the next fortnight as the appointment was rescheduled after modi left for odisha to call on injured passengers of the illfated coromandel expressthere would be a few more rounds of talks before the alliance is hammered out said sources talking to toi a bjp rajya sabha member said in principle our top leaders have agreed to join hands with tdp both sides realized it was beneficial and other issues including the number of seats will come up for discussion in a phased manner they shah and modi will take the final call at an appropriate time i am hopeful they will not turn down any proposal from naidu like in the pastclear picture on alliance yet to emergethe bjp leadership which was not keen to take back tdp into its fold till recently seemed to have mellowed down after its electoral defeat in karnataka and with the telangana polls scheduled later this year sources said bjp hopes to revive its glory in the south from telangana where it is facing a formidable opponent in k chandrasekhara raoled brssignificantly the state bjp leadership in both ap and telangana are opposed to atieup with tdp sources said amit shah and jp nadda were of the view that tdp and bjp should discuss cooperation in two telugu states as separate issues as the political situation is different in both statesinitially the bjp brass wanted to confine itself to telangana polls during talks with n chandrababu naidu sources said they however reportedly promised to continue negotiations on ap separately naidu too has reportedly accepted the proposal the situation is still fluid a clear picture will emerge only after the third rounds of discussions since jana sena president pawan kalyan is also on our side bjp will definitely concede ground to tdp in ap said a senior tdp leader while assembly elections in telangana are likely to be held around novemberdecember ap will go to elections around marchapril next year