BJP and its oldest ally Shiv Sena may have parted ways and the Modi wave may have taken a beating in the assembly by-elections but another key NDA constituent Lok Janshakti Party does not feel that it may be the beginning of the saffron coalition’s erosion.
LJP chief and Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan also does not agree with reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was overwhelming in the Cabinet in which ministers had no freedom to function.
He says Lok Sabha elections and assembly polls are different from each other and issues are different.
‘Modi says he will not target Bal Thackeray. Shiv Sena says it will not attack BJP at the Centre and
would be part of the NDA coalition. This sums up the relationship among allies at the Centre,’ Paswan told PTI analysing the coalition troubles at the state level and downplaying their impact at the national level.
LJP chief and Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan also does not agree with reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was overwhelming in the Cabinet in which ministers had no freedom to function.
He says Lok Sabha elections and assembly polls are different from each other and issues are different.
‘Modi says he will not target Bal Thackeray. Shiv Sena says it will not attack BJP at the Centre and
would be part of the NDA coalition. This sums up the relationship among allies at the Centre,’ Paswan told PTI analysing the coalition troubles at the state level and downplaying their impact at the national level.