Worry over Maha fate in many parties

MAHARASHTRA done, the air is thick in political circles in Delhi with the talk of a possibility that it could now be the turn of some other Opposition-ruled states.

- RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR

Soon after Ajit Pawar joined hands with BJP-Shiv Sena, Bihar BJP’s senior leader and national spokesperson of the party’s OBC Mocha Dr Nikhil Anand dropped some hints of what could lay ahead with some family and individual-centric parties such as the RJD, JD-U and the Samajwadi Party in Bihar and UP.

“Whatever happened with NCP in Maharashtra should be a lesson for family-based parties as well as ‘privately owned political shops.’ Parties like Samajwadi Party, Lalu-led RJD, JD-U can see their future in the developments taking place visa-vis the NCP,” said Anand and tweeted as much.

On the face of it, the RJD remains unfazed. Party spokesperson Mrutyunjay Tiwari said that “no one should do daydreaming” of causing a split in RJD.