38 parties will attend NDA meeting on Tuesday, Nadda calls it ‘positive effect of Modi government’

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Monday said that leaders of 38 parties have confirmed their participation in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting to be held in the national capital on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Nadda said NDA constituents are upbeat because of the “positive impact” of the schemes and policies of the Narendra Modi government.

The BJP national president said, “The reach and scope of the NDA has increased in the last few years.”

The NDA meeting will see the presence of several existing and new BJP allies as the ruling party has worked overtime in recent weeks and months to forge new alliances and bring back those who left the ruling alliance.

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Parties like Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK and Andhra Pradesh’s Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena are among the other parties that will be present at the meeting, besides several parties from the northeastern states and other parts of the country.

First NDA meeting of this scale during the second term of the Modi government

This will be the first NDA meeting of this scale during the second term of the Narendra Modi government, underscoring the imperative within the ruling party to project its credentials as a major coalition partner ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Will be held in April-May.

Regional parties, which comprise a small but substantial share of the vote in a particular region or caste, can be crucial in balancing elections in many seats in states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

The BJP is making every effort to retain its majority in the Lok Sabha for a third consecutive term, with its leadership making pragmatic adjustments to accommodate new allies, as well as trying to weaken opposition blocs in key states like Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Also worked for

After losing many of its traditional allies such as the Janata Dal (United), Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction and the Akali Dal, the BJP has been able to forge an alliance with the Shiv Sena, led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, which is now considered the real deal. party, Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Om Prakash Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) in Uttar Pradesh and Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Upendra Kushwala-led National Lok Samta Party (RLSP).

NDA vs Opposition on Tuesday

The NDA meeting is scheduled to take place on a day when several opposition parties are scheduled to deliberate in Bengaluru to chalk out a joint strategy to unite and take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

“United we stand” is the slogan on posters that are spread on the streets of Bengaluru with pictures of opposition leaders, including Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, NCP’s Sharad Pawar Common man included. Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, DMK chief MK Stalin and leaders of Left and some regional organisations.

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge arrived in the Karnataka capital in a special flight and were received at the airport by state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar.

Later in the afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren along with RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav also arrived.

Apart from former chief ministers Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi Party), Farooq Abdullah (National Conference) and Mehbooba Mufti (Peoples Democratic Party), other leaders like Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), D Raja (CPI) were also accorded a warm welcome in Bengaluru Went. ) and Jayant Chowdhary (RLD).

Meanwhile, the Congress on Monday said opposition unity would be a ‘game changer’ for the Indian political landscape and took a jibe at the BJP, saying those who used to talk of defeating opposition parties alone are now trying to get a new breath. Are. Life in NDA which had become a “ghost”.

Addressing a press conference on the crucial two-day consultations of opposition parties starting this evening, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suddenly remembered the NDA.

“There is an attempt to revive NDA. Earlier there was no talk about NDA and suddenly from last few days we are hearing and reading about it. Suddenly news came that NDA meeting has been called. ” for tomorrow. That’s why efforts are being made to breathe new life into the NDA, which had become a ghost,” Ramesh said.