INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The Ajit Pawar faction of Nationalist Congress Party along with the Shinde group of Shiv Sena are likely to attend the meeting of
National Democratic Alliance convened here on July 18 amid strong indications that BJP's talks with Chirag Paswan for his return to the fold
have made "satisfactory progress".The BJP leadership has also decided "in principle" to bring Janata Dal (S), Om Prakash Rajbhar's OBC
outfit, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, and, as reported earlier by TOI, Mukesh Sahni of Vikassheel Insan Party which represents fishermen,
farmers and boatmen.Ahead of polls, BJP decides to take Chirag back into NDAThe participation of Ajit Pawar-led NCP, likely to be
represented by Rajya Sabha Praful Patel, who was along with Supriya Sule appointed as working president of the party before the split, and
Lok Sabha seats.The party has also decided to take Chirag Paswan back, something which could potentially cost his estranged uncle Pashupati
Kumar Paras, Union minister for food processing, his berth in the ministry
rainbow coalition of upper castes, non-Yadav and non-Kurmi OBCs and Dalits
Desam Party and Shiromani Akali Dal
BJP also feels that expansion of NDA at a time when the effort of opposition parties to engineer a front appears to be floundering, should
It was PM Narendra Modi who had in the last week of May emphasised the need to strengthen and expand NDA.
