SAD,Shiv Sena back BJP8217;s stand

Meanwhile,the five-time Punjab CM said,Akalis were with the BJP solidly and will continue to be so. Badal claimed all will shake hands with the BJP after the general election. Though every party,including the JDU,has its interest uppermost,yet all will shake hands with the BJP after the general election, he told reporters at Khatti here.

The real combinations will emerge after Lok Sabha polls, the 85-year-old Aakali veteran said. His reply came when reporters asked him about the rift between the JDU and the BJP,besides its implications on the prospects of the NDA,just before the JDU took the step.

The Sena,on the other hand,an oldest alliance partner of BJP in NDA,believes that Kumar is trying to exploit the developments to regain foot hold in Bihar to win over the minorities at the cost of majority.

A Sena leader said, It is a matter related to one state. It also is a matter confined to two parties 8211; BJP and JDU. However,if things are not working within the alliance it is bound to break and both are free to look for an alternative,he added. If the Bihar chief minister is taking the extreme step of distancing himself from the BJP because of Narendra Modi it is ridiculous,he said. If Kumar was so concerned about Godhra,he should have resigned from the centre as Union minister for railways? he asked.