Anxious NDA's alliance partners to step-up demand for a full-time convenor

The post of NDA convener used to be crucial during the Atal Behari Vajpayee era

The demand for a convenor of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had already been voiced earlier. However, after the BJP’s defeat in two by-elections in Madhya Pradesh, it is likely that alliance partners will step up the heat and demand a full time convenor. It used to be Sharad Yadav. But after Nitish Kumar went into the NDA, Yadav was turfed out. NDA has 16 parties in Parliament. However, NDA also has 32 more parties that do not have any representation in Parliament. In the Lok Sabha, among the NDA partners, the Shiv Sena has the maximum members, 18, after