Lok Sabha Election Results LIVE | What If Naidu, Nitish Ask For The Unthinkable From Modi 3.0? N18ER

Lok Sabha Election Results LIVE | What If Naidu, Nitish Ask For The Unthinkable From Modi 3.0? N18ER With the BJP falling short of a majority in the Lok Sabha, Bihar Chief Minister and JD-U head Nitish Kumar and TDP’s N Chandrababu Naidu — both constituents of the National Democratic Alliance — have emerged as potential kingmakers. While Kumar’s party has 12 seats, the TDP has 16. Both Naidu and Nitish have at some point quit the NDA only to return to the coalition. When Naidu was part of the NDA in 2014, his party was given one cabinet berth and a Minister of State (MoS) portfolio. Sources say with his 16 seats vital for government formation, Naidu may ask alliance leader BJP for a bigger share in government. Naidu, whose party also swept the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, will also hold discussions with the BJP top brass on government formation in the state. Also part of the tripartite NDA alliance in Andhra Pradesh is actor-politician Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena. The saffron party is