TMC welcomes Nitish’s decision to ditch BJP, says ‘no political party in NDA is safe’

India

oi-Prakash KL

Kolkata, Aug 09:
Trinamool
Congress
on
Tuesday
welcomed
former
Bihar
Chief
Minister
Nitish
Kumar’s
decision
to
end
an
alliance
with
the
BJP,
saying
no
political
party
in
NDA
is
safe.

“No
political
party
in
NDA
is
safe
with
an
alliance
partner
like
the
BJP.
The
BJP
does
not
believe
in
smaller
or
regional
parties’ existence,”
TMC
chief
national
spokesperson
Sukhendu
Sekhar
Ray
said.
He
then
accused
the
saffron
party
of
trying
to
wipe
out
regional
parties
even
“if
they
are
their
allies.”

“Such
a
development
was
waiting
to
happen,” he
added.
Referring
to
the
change
of
guard
in
Maharashtra,
Ray
said
BJP’s
“grab
all
politics”
will
be
the
reason
for
its
“doom
in
the
coming
days”.

BJP
accuses
Nitish
Kumar
of
betraying
people
of
Bihar

On
a
day
of
fast-moving
political
developments,
Nitish
Kumar,
who
leads
JD(U)
split
with
his
ally,
the
BJP
for
the
second
time
in
eight
years
and
submitted
his
resignation
as
the
NDA
Chief
Minister
and
set
to
form
a
new
government
with
the
support
of
RJD,
Congress
and
Left
Parties.

TMC,
he
said,
is
keeping
a
close
watch
on
the
political
situation
in
the
neighbouring
state.
“We
don’t
have
any
political
or
organisational
presence
in
Bihar.
But
if
BJP
is
defeated
in
Bihar
then
the
people
of
West
Bengal
will
indeed
be
very
happy,”
he
said.