Defectors can Spell Doom for NDA, Warns Shiv Sena

Mumbai: Frowning at the spate of election-eve defections into the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena coalition in Maharashtra from the opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party combine, the Shiv Sena has warned this could ultimately spell doom for the ruling coalition both in the Centre and state. Rajya Sabha MP and ‘Saamana’ and ‘Dopahar Ka Saamana’ Executive Editor Sanjay Raut has said in his weekly column, that many political “turncoats”, some with doubtful credentials, are making a beeline for the paradise called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). “This is welcome, both BJP-Sena are benefitted...a few years, ago both parties were considered ‘untouchables’. But what is the guarantee that these ‘turncoats’ - some who have changed parties several times - will remain loyal in future,” Raut asked. According to Raut, most defectors have been providing laughable excuses and continue to sing paeans of the leaders of the very same party which they had quit to join the BJP or Shiv Sena, and hence, have nothing to do with “ideology”.

In the backdrop of these defections from the Opposition to the ruling parties, Raut wondered whether a serious Opposition exists in the country now. “If some people have decided that there is no need for the Opposition either in Parliament or in the Maharashtra legislature, this could be dangerous for the country and democracy,” Raut cautioned. (IANS)

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