TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The run-up to the next Lok Sabha election will see “a lot of to-ing and fro-ing”, says former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha, hinting at more parties leaving the National Democratic Alliance fold, including the latest entrant, the Janata Dal-United.
In the four years since coming to power, the Bharatiya Janata Party has had several allies complaining of its ‘big brotherly’ behaviour, with some like the Telugu Desam Party quitting the NDA in a huff.
Moreover, even senior BJP leaders who try to not work under the looming shadow of Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi do not get support as they otherwise should have, the recent trolling of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj being a case in point.
What should such leaders expect if the duo of Modi and BJP President Amit Anil chandra Shah strengthens their grip on power after the next general election? “Well, there are a lot of vacancies in the Margdarshak Mandal,” said Sinha, who quit the BJP in April to plow his own furrow.
