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.
Hung verdict and COMPLETE ROUT of the NDA are the two possibilities according to me. The BJP will do “shockingly” badly, and so will the Akalis in Punjab. I am surprised how any poll pundit can give any chance to the BJP. Actually I don’t blame them, because they earn their relevance through intellectual jugglery, and that is what they have to keep doing to justify their jobs. My only argument is, Modi government has made the poor more miserably poor, and they are an overwhelming majority, and they are the ones who decide.