NDA’s major meeting at Delhi’s Ashoka Hotel tomorrow, with agenda and additional details provided.

Bharatiya Janata Party to organize dinner meeting for NDA constituents

Summary:

• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is set to organize a dinner meeting at New Delhi’s Ashoka Hotel on 18 July.
• The meeting will be attended by at least 31 NDA constituents, including six new ones.
• New entrants in the NDA include the SBSP from UP, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Ajit Pawar from Maharashtra, and four others.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed Om Prakash Rajbhar, the leader of Uttar Pradesh-based Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), into the NDA.
• However, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are among the key parties missing from the BJP’s NDA list.
• The BJP leadership has also engaged with the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) led by Jayant Chaudhary.

Details:

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is organizing a dinner meeting at New Delhi’s Ashoka Hotel on 18 July. The meeting will be chaired by BJP national president JP Nadda and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the leaders of these parties. The BJP has extended invitations to various new allies and some former ones to participate in the gathering.

The new entrants in the NDA include the SBSP from Uttar Pradesh, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Ajit Pawar from Maharashtra, and four others, including Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) of Chirag Paswan from Bihar.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed Om Prakash Rajbhar, the leader of Uttar Pradesh-based Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), into the NDA led by the BJP. Rajbhar was previously an ally of the Samajwadi Party (SP) during the 2022 UP Assembly polls. The SBSP has six MLAs, including Abbas Ansari from Mau, son of the convicted gangster Mukhtar Ansari.

However, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are among the key parties missing from the BJP’s NDA list. Despite discussions, the differences between the estranged allies could not be resolved. Nevertheless, the BJP is actively working to expand the NDA’s coalition. It is anticipated that nearly 30 parties will be joining this significant huddle.

The BJP leadership has also engaged with the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) led by Jayant Chaudhary, an ally of the SP in western UP. Chaudhary, who skipped the June 23 meeting of the Opposition, is expected to attend the Bengaluru conclave. Additionally, former Karnataka CM and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai indicated that the BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) were exploring the possibility of forming an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

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