Analysis: Amid NDA Moves, How BJP Is Faring With Southern Parties
NDTV
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting has created a buzz in political parties, both North and South of the Vindhyas. The invite has gone to 30 NDA constituents, including six new ones, keeping the next general election in mind. The names of some new allies and a few former ones are floating around.
In the past few weeks, new and old allies have made a beeline to the NDA. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction led by Ajit Pawar and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena are the NDA's biggest acquisitions.
In Bihar, Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), and the Hindustani Awam Morcha Secular (HAM-S) have joined the NDA after party founder Jitan Ram Manjhi and party president Santosh Kumar Suman's meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In Uttar Pradesh, Om Prakash Rajbhar's SBSP (Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party) is on board. The SBSP was an ally of the Samajwadi Party during the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls.
