The much-awaited NDA meeting has been started in New Delhi in the presence of top leaders of BJP and its allies including Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. While TDP's Chandrababu Naidu has announced in a press conference that they are not leaving NDA, suspense keeps on dangling on Nitish Kumar's loyalty given his flip-flop history. In the meantime, reports suggest that both JDU and TDP have some demands in order to support Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India.
Chandrababu Naidu's TDP has won 16 seats. Therefore, it is now said that in return for supporting the NDA government, Chandrababu Naidu can demand a bigger share of the government. According to sources quoted by a news portal, it is being said that Naidu's biggest demand is going to be for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker. Below are 9 demands that Chandrababu Naidu may ask from the Modi Government-
- Post of Lok Sabha Speaker
- Rural Development
- Road Transport
- Health
- Housing and Urban Affairs
- Water Power
- Information and Broadcasting
- Education
- Finance (MoS)
PM Modi likely to stake claim today
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will meet President Droupadi Murmu later today 'immediately' after a huddle at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence to review the election result - to stake claim to form the new government. As per reports, in a show of strength made significant by the underwhelming margin of the BJP's victory, the meeting with President Murmu will be attended by the party's senior-most leaders including Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar.
For the unversed, TDP won 28 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh (and a simultaneous Assembly election to return as Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar's JDU won 16 seats in Bihar.