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TopicNational Democratic Alliance

Topic: National Democratic Alliance

The NDA, or National Democratic Alliance, is a grouping of right-leaning political parties, led by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The NDA first came to power in 1999, which lasted until 2004 under the leadership of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. More recently, it has been the ruling coalition since 2014, with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister.

It was formed in 1998 with 20 parties. Notable parties in this alliance today are the NCP led by Ajit Pawar, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the Janata Dal (United) led by Nitish Kumar, the Janata Dal (Secular) led by H.D. Dewe Gowda, the Lok Janshakti Party led by Chirag Paswan, the Indigenous Pope’s Front of Tripura, the Telugu Desam Party led by N.Chandrababu Naidu, and the Tamil Manila Congress led by G.K. Vasan.

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The meeting with take place in Delhi Tuesday as 26 parties of the Opposition gather in Bengaluru to take on the BJP-led central government ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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Om Prakash Rajbhar-led SBSP allies with BJP, joins NDA after meeting Home Minister Amit Shah

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Shah Sunday tweeted a photo of their meeting and welcomed the OBC leader and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief to the ruling alliance.

Prakash Javadekar is an ex-minister still valuable to BJP. He heads both Kerala, Telangana

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