NDA constituents meet with agenda to further expand before 2019

To show how the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance now has nationwide presence and has expanded to 32 parties and to convince other regional parties to join the coalitiion, leaders of all its constituents, half a dozen of which are new entrants to the alliance, met here today.

The show of strength is significant in the run up to the elections to the posts of the President, where the electoral college comprises the two Houses of Parliament and all directly elected legislators. The NDA is currently a mere 20,000 short of the majority mark for the election to the