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Shiv Sena’s exit from NDA a formality now, will not attend alliance meeting tomorrow: Sanjay Raut
A photo of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut. | Sanjay Raut/Facebook
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said his party would not take part in the meeting of the National Democratic Alliance in New Delhi on Sunday, ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, PTI reported. Parliament will be in session from Monday.
Raut told reporters in Mumbai that the Shiv Sena’s exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance was mere formality now. “I have learnt that the meeting is being held on November 17,” he said. “We had already decided against attending the meeting considering the kind of developments that are taking place in Maharashtra…our minister resigning from the central government.” The Shiv Sena’s lone minister in the central government, Arvind Sawant, had resigned from his post on November 11.
Raut said the National Democratic Alliance was not anyone’s personal property. “Bal Thackeray [the Shiv Sena’s founder] and Akali Dal were equally important founders of the alliance,” he added.
Raut said he had also learnt that the Shiv Sena had not been invited to the National Democratic Alliance’s meeting. “There is a lot of difference between the old NDA and today’s NDA,” the Shiv Sena leader said according to ANI. “Who is the convener of NDA today? Advani ji [LK Advani]who was one of its founders has either left or is inactive.”.
