‘Remember How BJP Treated You’: Sena’s Reminder to Naidu, Nitish as Uddhav Decides to Skip INDIA Meet – News18

The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday asked TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and JDU’s Nitish Kumar to remember how the BJP “treated” them and if they want to join hands with an “autocrat”. As things shape up after the Lok Sabha election results, the support of these two leaders is key to the formation of the next NDA government.

“Chandrababu Naidu should remember how the BJP had treated him. Nitish Kumar should remember what kind of treatment was meted out to him. Not a single penny was given by the BJP to Chandrababu Naidu when he wanted to develop Amravati as the capital. We are hopeful. Everyone should try to form the government. What is the harm? They were speaking of BJP ‘400 paar’… Now, they speak of NDA. Their language has changed. If needed, Uddhav Thackeray, too, will come to Delhi,” said Sena leader Arvind Sawant.

Meanwhile, Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has decided to skip the all-important INDIA bloc meeting at the national capital later in the evening. The NDA is also going into a huddle with its allies for government formation talks. The former Maharashtra chief minister has delegated senior leader Sanjay Raut to be the party’s representative for the opposition meeting.

Raut, who was talking to reporters earlier, said his party will not oppose if Congress leader Rahul Gandhi decides to lead the INDIA bloc government and be the prime ministerial face. The alliance leaders will meet in New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss the further course of action.

He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should accept that he has faced moral defeat as his party did not get a majority to form the government and that the Modi brand is now finished. “Chandrababu and Nitish Kumar have to decide whether they want to go with an autocrat and work in a democratic system. I don’t think they will go with an autocrat,” Raut said. “Modi ji is not forming a government for the third time.”