The BJP – which enjoyed brute majority for 10 years – has secured 240 seats, falling short of the majority mark of 272. The below-than-expected show in polls has forced the party to rely on its NDA partners to form the NDA-3 government. Two among them – Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu – are also being wooed by the Opposition with offers of a Deputy Prime Minister post and special status for Andhra Pradesh.
Chirag Paswan, who heads Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and his NDA ally Jitan Ram Manjhi of Hindustani Awam Morcha are also expected to attend the meeting called by Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.
The BJP – which enjoyed brute majority for 10 years – has secured 240 seats, falling short of the majority mark of 272. The below-than-expected show in polls has forced the party to rely on its NDA partners to form the NDA-3 government. Two among them – Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu – are also being wooed by the Opposition with offers of a Deputy Prime Minister post and special status for Andhra Pradesh.
What Will BJP Do If Chandrababu Naidu And Nitish Kumar Decide Not To Support It: Sanjay Raut
While both the regional leaders have said they will remain in NDA, they are known to harbour national ambitions. Ironically, both Kumar and Naidu joined the NDA just ahead of the national polls.
“If the NDA government is formed with the support of these two pillars- Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar, it can fall anytime. BJP has lost its respect. We do not want a Prime Minister who has lost his respect. Modi brand is finished. If Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar decide that they do not want to support a dictator and stand with democracy, what will they do,” Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh, meanwhile, said both Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu have campaigned against PM Modi in the past. “We will all sit and and discuss the future course of action. Before 2019, Chandrababu Naidu tried to bring everyone in the country together and raised his voice against dictatorship and also for the federal structure of the country… Nitish Kumar brought the whole INDIA alliance together. It’s not that these two leaders have some devotion or respect for Narendra Modi or Amit Shah,” AAP MP Sanjay Singh told ANI.
