NDA's existence doubtful: Sena's Sanjay Raut
November 16, 2019  20:37
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party over the way party-led National Democratic Alliance was working and said there is a lot of difference between "the old NDA and today's NDA". Questioning the existence of NDA, Sanjay Raut said one of its founders, Lal Krishna Advani has either left or is inactive.

He said four leaders -- Balasaheb Thackerey, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, LK Advani and Prakash Singh Badal -- had mainly formed the alliance. He said the existence of NDA was in question and it is not a domain of any single party.

"There is a question on the existence of NDA. NDA is not the domain of any one party. Several parties have joined the alliance over time. Some of them did not even have the same ideologies. However, we had remained a part of it," Raut said.

"There is a lot of difference between the old NDA and today's NDA. Who is the convener of NDA today? Advani ji who was one of its founders has either left or is inactive," Sanjay Raut added.

The development has come hours after the seating arrangement of the Shiv Sena MPs in Rajya Sabha was changed with the latter pulling out of BJP-led government at the Centre over differences in government formation in Maharashtra.

Sources said that Shiv Sena MPs Sanjay Raut and Anil Desai will now sit in the Opposition benches during the Winter Session of Parliament, beginning Monday. Shiv Sena has three MPs in the upper house of Parliament.
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