A faction of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has expressed his anger against Modi's cabinet, saying Naidu-Nitish are "unsatisfied souls" in Modi's cabinet. Besides, BJP has done unconstitutional work by not keeping any Muslim in the cabinet.
Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to emerge as the single majority party in the 18th Lok Sabha election helping Modi become Prime Minister for the third time in a row. BJP alone got 240 seats.
The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, has 543 seats. 272 seats are required to form a single majority. According to that, BJP's deficit is 32 seats.
For these 32 seats, the BJP-led alliance had to rely on the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) to form the government.
By this, the BJP gained the strength to form the government by getting a single majority in the previous two phases of 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. But in 2024, that situation is no more.
This time, the BJP leadership had to rely on NDA alliance partners Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United)/JD(U) in Bihar to form the government. Although these two are very adept at changing alliances, the recent past has proved that.
On Tuesday (June 11), the ministries were distributed among the sworn ministers.
After the distribution of ministries, it is known that Lalan Singh of Nitish Kumar's JD(U) got the ministry of Panchayat, Fisheries, Livestock. On the other hand, Andhra Pradesh's Chandrababu Naidu's TDP's K Rammohan Naidu got the civil aviation ministry. Besides, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy got the heavy industries and steel ministry.
Reacting to this soon after, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut told reporters in Mumbai that "Chandrababu Naidi and Nitish Kumar are 'satisfied souls'".
He said, Nitish Kumar and N. in the Union Cabinet. Chandrababu Naidu 'satisfied soul'!
He also commented that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar a 'devoted soul'.
Calling Sharad Pawar an 'unsettled soul', Sanjay Raut said he (Sharad Pawar) will not 'rest' until the BJP-led central government and the Maharashtra government are ousted.
Citing the thoughts of RSS (Rashtriya Sevak Sangh) chief Mohan Bhagat, Sanjay Raut said, "If Mohan Bhagat thinks that the NDA government is not protecting the interests of the country and then he should oust this government."
Sanjay Raut said two 'satisfied souls' (Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu) need to be satisfied. The ministry should evaluate them properly. But it seems that they are unhappy with the central government.
At that time, Sanjay Raut criticized the BJP and said that the BJP has kept everything to itself.
Citing the constitution, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader said that no Muslim was kept in the Modi-led cabinet. It is unconstitutional.
Modi was elected by clearly creating a Hindu-Muslim divide. Modi felt that Muslims did not vote for BJP. That is why he did not keep Muslims in the cabinet.