Election 2019 LIVE: A day after exit polls predicted a thumping victory for the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha elections, hectic parleys are being seen in the Opposition camp. While top leaders of various parties are holding meetings to discuss post-poll plan, Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD) said that they would support any alliance that would form the government at the Centre. “We would probably support some party or some kind of combination, whoever forms the government at the Centre and agrees to settle some of the unsettled and long pending issues of Odisha,” party leader Amar Patnaik said.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu, who has been at the forefront of the efforts to cobble together an alliance to halt the BJP juggernaut, is scheduled to meet his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee apart from other regional leaders. The meeting is the latest amid a series of similar interactions the Andhra CM has had with leaders such as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, BSP supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
While efforts are on in full swing for a non-NDA front, the exit polls seem to have played a dampener of sorts. The results also cast a shadow on a reported meeting between Mayawati and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, with the BSP denying any such interaction was scheduled.
Sources have also said that leaders of all regional parties are in touch with NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and none of the possibilities of an alliance are being discarded as of now.
Meanwhile, ally trouble also seems to be plaguing the Bharatiya Janata Party, with Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath sacking disgruntled ally and minister OP Rajbhar from the cabinet. Rajbhar, who had earlier tendered his resignation after a feud over seats, welcomed the decision and said he would continue fighting for his rights.
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