NDA Leaders Meeting: On completion of 25 years of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), its Silver Jubilee is being celebrated. Regarding this, a big meeting of the constituents of the alliance is being organized in New Delhi on 18th July. So far, invitations have been sent to 19 political parties for the meeting. This meeting, to be chaired by PM Modi, is also being seen as a show of strength before the 2024 elections.
NDA was formed 25 years ago in May 1998. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a veteran BJP leader, was made its first president. At present BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is its president. Since its formation, about 41 national or state parties have been members of the NDA, including Mamta Banerjee’s party TMC, DMK, National Conference, JDU.
Invitation was sent to these parties in the meeting
- Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
- Upendra Kushwaha’s Lok Samata Party
- Hindustan Awam Morcha of Jitan Ram Manjhi
- Sanjay Nishad’s weak Indian Shoshit Hamara Apna Dal (Nishad) – Nishad Party
- Anupriya Patel’s Apna Dal (Sonelal)
- Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) – Haryana
- Jana Sena- Pawan Kalyan, Andhra Pradesh
- AIMDMK – Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Manila Congress
- India Makkal Kalvi Munnetra Kazhagam
- AJSU of Jharkhand
- NCP- Conrad Sangma
- NDPP of Nagaland
- SKF of Sikkim
- Mizo National Front of Zoramthanga
- Assam Gana Parishad
- Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party – Omprakash Rajbhar
- Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)
- NCP (Ajit Pawar Group)
