The Akali Dal left the NDA coalition on Saturday.
Mumbai:
Punjab and Maharashtra represent “manhood” and the BJP-led coalition has lost the “faces of that manhood”, Akali Dal and Shiv Sena, says an editorial in Saamana, the spokesman for the Sena. The article questions what the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is without the two parties
“Punjab and Maharashtra represent masculinity and Akali Dal and Shiv Sena are the faces of that masculinity,” the Saamana editorial said.
“Now some have said ‘Ram-Ram’ (an expression that loosely means goodbye) to this company and so there is no Ram left in the NDA, who have lost two lions (Akali Dal and Sena),” he added.
Akali Dal left the NDA coalition on Saturday after a bitter fallout on center-back; the government’s controversial farm laws, which have sparked mass protests among farmers, mainly in states like Punjab and Haryana. “What is the NDA? There has not been a single meeting of the NDA in the last six years,” Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Badal told NDTV.
The Sena editorial said it was surprising that the “last pillar” of the NDA, Akali Dal, did not stop leaving the alliance.
“When the Badals left, no effort was made to stop them. Before, Shiv Sena also left the NDA. With these two parties gone, what is left of the NDA? Those who are still there, do they have anything to do with Hindutva ? ” “, I ask.
“First, the Shiv Sena had to leave the NDA. Now the Akali Dal has left. Does the NDA really exist after its two key pillars are gone?”
The Akali Dal is the third major party to come out of the NDA after Shiv Sena and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of Chandrababu Naidu.
The Shiv Sena ended its decades-long ties with the BJP after the two sides failed to agree on the sharing of power in Maharashtra. The Seine tied with NCP rivals Sharad Pawar and Congress.
The Sena said its coalition government was “doing a good job” and would complete its five-year term.
“The NDA was formed to provide a strong alliance against Congress at the national level. The alliance saw many ups and downs over the years and various other parties abandoned it at their convenience,” the Saamana editorial said.
The country’s politics is being pushed toward a one-party system, but the BJP has to forge alliances for elections in various states, Sena said.
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