Ye Dil Mange More....... Modi wants more parties in the NDA kitty
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi seems keen to rope in more and more parties in the NDA kitty. Not satisfied by having 37 parties, big or small, recognized or unrecognized, he wants to bring in as many parties as possible before the Lok Sabha polls. If reports emanating from the BJP headquarters are any indication, talks are underway with five more parties to bring them into the NDA.
The Janata Dal (S) headed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has already said it would join the NDA after the Congress Party refused to do business with it. The BJP leadership is also wooing Mukesh Sahani, president of the Vikaksheel Insaan Party (VIP), to rejoin the NDA even as his three out of four MLAs in the Bihar Assembly joined the BJP. This left Mukesh Sahani in the lurch and now he is in demand again.
The BJP is also inclined to admit Mahaan Dal led by Keshav Dev Maurya which had declared support to BSP led by Mayawati. But the BSP is cool towards Mahaan Dal. It contested two seats out of 403 with the support of Samajwadi Party in 2022 and lost both. Now BJP thinks it can add in its kitty some SC/OBC votes.
But there was considerable surprise when the BJP leadership invited Haryana Janhit Party leader Gopal Kanda who is an MLA in state assembly. He is facing an abatement of suicide of an airhostess charge. But he himself did not attend the NDA meet and sent his representative. The list of 38 parties, however, did not contain his party's name. But he has been told that he is part of the NDA. Efforts are on to bring more parties from states like Punjab, Andhra, Telangana and other states.
