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Cracks in NDA armour as allies

looking at next general election

It Is saId that coming events cast hike in petrol prices. In Bihar too, a senior Janta Dal
their shadows before. The Bharati- United leader and former Assembly Speaker Uday
ya Janta Party’s falling out with Narayan Chaudhary called on Rashtriya Janta Dal chief
Telugu Desam Party of Andhra Lalu Prasad in Birsa Munda Central Jail after he was
Pradesh Chief Minister Chan - convicted in two separate fodder scam cases. Another
drababu Naidu, which has 16 MPs, NDA leader Brishen Patel met the jailed RJD president
is indicative of an imminent thun- in Ranchi court. A yet another ally of NDA, Rashtriya
derstorm. The immediate provocation Lok Samata Party led by Union Minister Upendra
could be demand for ‘special status’ or Kushwaha held a human chain programme against the
tax concessions like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, existing education systems of both Bihar government
Jammu & Kashmir and the North-East, but the fact and the government at the Centre. While all this was
remains that allies of National Democratic Alliance are not enough, Telengana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar
eying the next general election. Ironically, though the Rao has proposed a third front of parties — a front
BJP has wrested three more governments in North- minus BJP and Congress. The BJP-led coalition had
East, the NDA partners apparently find that its aura of come to power after getting a massive mandate in the
invincibility is no more intact. The trigger came when 2014 general elections and now ahead of next general
the underdog Congress dented the esteem of BJP in election, chinks have begun appearing in the coalition
Gujarat. The by-election results in Rajasthan where indicating unrest among the coalition partners. It is
Congress won from both Alwar and Ajmer Lok Sabha time for the BJP to give more attention to its friendly
seats came as further embarrassment for the party. In parties or else there would be Naidus, Thackerays
Madhya Pradesh too where BJP is in saddle for the past and Badals treading separate paths. The BJP may be a
15 years, the Congress was able to retain Mungaoli and dominant player in national politics — ruling in 22 out
Kolaras Assembly seats. The Samajwadi Party’s win in of 29 states directly or indirectly, but going to general
Gorakhpur and Phulpur and RJD’s in Bihar could be a election alone and turning a solitary reaper may be
fraught with high risks!
cause of worry for the BJP.
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