BJP’s ‘big-brotherly attitude’ upsets NDA ally Apna Dal
TNN | Dec 26, 2018, 03:00 ISTLUCKNOW: Apna Dal (Sonelal), a key NDA ally in Uttar Pradesh, has expressed disappointment over BJP’s “big-brotherly attitude”.
Asserting that small parties should be given “due respect”, Apna Dal(S) national president Ashish Patel on Tuesday said, “We have been reduced to potato sacks. We are not even invited to government functions or at the launch of a central health scheme. The scenario was different when we joined the coalition in 2014. Our leaders and workers are hurt.”
Apna Dal (S) has nine MLAs and two MPs, including junior health minister Anupriya Patel. Patel particularly expressed displeasure with the behaviour of the BJP-led government towards his wife Anupriya.
He claimed Anupriya was not given importance and not even invited at inaugurations of medical colleges though she handles the health portfolio. Patel’s remarks come just days after Rashtriya Lok Samta Party chief Upendra Kushwaha walked out of NDA.
Asserting that small parties should be given “due respect”, Apna Dal(S) national president Ashish Patel on Tuesday said, “We have been reduced to potato sacks. We are not even invited to government functions or at the launch of a central health scheme. The scenario was different when we joined the coalition in 2014. Our leaders and workers are hurt.”
Apna Dal (S) has nine MLAs and two MPs, including junior health minister Anupriya Patel. Patel particularly expressed displeasure with the behaviour of the BJP-led government towards his wife Anupriya.
He claimed Anupriya was not given importance and not even invited at inaugurations of medical colleges though she handles the health portfolio. Patel’s remarks come just days after Rashtriya Lok Samta Party chief Upendra Kushwaha walked out of NDA.
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