Meeting ground: The parties who are friendly to the BJP, but didn't get an invite to the NDA meeting
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi: Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda led Janata Dal, Telugu Desam Party led by Chandrababu Naidu, YSR Congress Party led by Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and a small party in Bihar are some of the parties not invited for the National Democratic Alliance meeting on July 18 in New Delhi, even though they are considered sympathetic towards the ruling alliance at the Centre. Mukesh Sahani-led Vikassheel Insaan Party, which contested the 2020 Bihar assembly election in alliance with the BJP and won three seats, however, was not extended an invite for the NDA meeting. Similarly hectic political reconfiguration is playing out in Andhra Pradesh, where both the ruling YSR Congress Party and TDP, considered close to the top BJP leadership in Delhi, have not been invited to the NDA meeting. While the BJP termed the meeting of Opposition parties in Bengaluru as a meeting of corruption and opportunistic leaders, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge termed the NDA's meeting a gathering of “factions” of parties.