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The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) received a bolt from the blue after its lone sitting MLA in Haryana joined the BJP on September 26. SAD hit out at the BJP for inducting Kalanwali MLA Balkaur Singh but the BJP maintained that the relationship between the two parties will be unaffected despite differences. 

The AIADMK led the NDA alliance in Tamil Nadu, only to face defeat as the DMK-led Congress walked away with 38 of the 39 seats. Interestingly, the AIADMK didn’t make it to PM Modi’s Cabinet either.

 

In 2014, the BJP won 71 seats in the state alone, with an additional two seats secured by NDA alliance, gaining its dominance in the Lok Sabha in Uttar Pradesh. 

The meeting was convened to evaluate the poll preparedness ahead of the crucial 2019 elections. The BJP parliamentary board also finalised the party's strategy for the Lok Sabha polls. With Narendra Modi and president Amit Shah in attendance, the meeting went on for three hours, till late on Friday night

Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily has exhibited a “welcome” gesture to the TDP to join them in an alliance against the BJP-led NDA government. The TDP dropped out of the NDA alliance earlier this year as the Centre refused to consider Andhra Pradesh's request to grant them special status.