NEW DELHI: The BJP may be winning assembly and local body elections and even by-elections held in various states across the country in recent months, but it has also been losing its allies or may not keep them in good mood.
The latest ally to show signs of disenchantment with the BJP is the AIADMK, the ruling party in Tamil Nadu.
AIADMK launched its campaign on Sunday for the assembly elections to be held between April and May next year. In his speech, party deputy Rajya Sabha and deputy coordinator KP Munusamy gave the BJP brief attention when he said that AIADMK will not share power with any national party if it wins the elections.
He also said that the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami it would be his face in the elections. He made these important statements in the presence of both: Palaniswami, joint party coordinator; and senior vice minister Or Panneerselvam, who is also the party coordinator.
Munusamy said: “Our prime minister, Palaniswami, will be CM’s candidate in the next assembly elections. AIADMK will lead the alliance. He will come to power. AIADMK will not share power with anyone. Any national party that wants an alliance with such will not. you need an aspiration. ”
Munusamy’s message was clearly to the BJP, whose leaders have been saying that the party will decide the main ministerial candidate of the NDA, of which AIADMK is a part, in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections.
AIADMK’s latest booth is a setback for the BJP. The national party has been trying to gain a foothold in the southern state by piggybacking on the AIADMK.
But with the AIADMK refusing to be a second fiddle to the BJP in Tamil Nadu politics, the latter will find it difficult to find a base in the state.
Furthermore, the fact also shows that the BJP’s relations with one more ally are not more cordial.
Just on Sunday, JD (U) appointed RCP Singh as its new president. Until now Nitish kumar He held the dual positions of Prime Minister of Bihar and Chairman of the party. However, with Nitish Kumar passing the baton of party chairmanship, deals with the BJP would be made by Singh instead of him.
This development is also being seen as the JD (U) dislike of the BJP for some recent political developments. Just last week, six of the seven JD (U) MLAs in Arunachal Pradesh joined the BJP. The JD (U) expressed dissatisfaction with the development.
Earlier, after the Bihar assembly elections, the JD (U) blamed the BJP for their poor performance. JD (U) seats were reduced to 43 in the 243-seat assembly with the main opponent RJD winning 75 and the BJP with 74 seats.
The JD (U) feels that it lost several seats due to the BJP, which practically turned a blind eye to the virulous campaign of the LJP president, Chirag Paswan, against him and Nitish Kumar.
Last week, the BJP lost one more ally, the RLP led by MP from Lok Sabha Hanuman Beniwal, to the three farm laws that are facing vociferous protests from a section of farmers in states like Punjab and Haryana.
Previously, the BJP-led NDA lost one of its oldest allies – the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) – also on agricultural bills.
The BJP also lost two more allies in the northwest. In the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections held earlier this month, the BJP won nine seats. He got rid of the ally Bodo People’s Front (BPF) and forged an alliance with the United People’s Liberal Party (UPPL) to rise to power. In the 2015 BTC elections, the BJP had won a single seat and was in power with the BPF.
In October, the BJP had lost Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), led by Bimal Gurung. GJM forged an alliance with rival BJP in West Bengal – led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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