Shiv Sena to skip NDA meet on Sunday; nobody can claim ownership rights on alliance, says Sanjay Raut

The Shiv Sena will not attend the Sunday meeting of NDA constituents in Delhi ahead of the winter session of Parliament beginning on 18 November.

Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut also said that the Uddhav Thackeray-led party walking out of the BJP-headed National Democratic Alliance (NDA) remains a
formality now.

The meeting of the three-party delegation of the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena with Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, which was scheduled to take place at 4.30 pm on Saturday, has been postponed till further notice, reports ANI.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Congress and Shiv Sena are scheduled to meet Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at 4.30 pm on Saturday to discuss farmers distress and unemployment.

Ahead of Winter Session of Parliament, which is scheduled to be conducted from Monday, Sanjay Raut said Shiv Sena will skip the National Democratic Party (NDA) meeting in Delhi.

Taking a swipe at the BJP, the Shiv Sena alleged that the saffron party, who now exuded confidence in forming government in Maharashtra after backing off initially, made its intention of horse-trading under the guise of President’s rule evident.

The three parties – Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress – are likely to meet Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday at 4.30 pm to discuss the ‘wet drought’ facing the state’s farmers.

The first-ever Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance in Maharashtra appears to be taking shape with Sharad Pawar on Friday announcing that the prospective government will complete five-year term and provide a development-oriented administration.

The three-party coalition, a new experiment in Maharashtra involving outfits with diverse ideologies, will be led by the Sena, leaders in the Uddhav Thackeray-party and the NCP said, settling the contentious leadership issue that resulted in the unravelling of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance.

The three parties on Thursday prepared a draft common minimum programme (CMP) that will guide their fledgling coalition’s agenda, where politics has broadly revolved around the BJP-Sena and Congress-NCP blocs in the last two decades.