After Shiv Sena deserted BJP and TDP threatened to pull out of the alliance, another partner of NDA, The Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) may also quit the alliance. RLSP may walk out of the NDA to contest next Lok Sabha polls with the RJD.

Upendra Kushwaha, the party Chief and the current Union Minister of State for HRD may be projected as the chief ministerial candidate in Bihar Assembly polls in 2020 after his party joins hands with Lalu Prasad Party.

Alarm Bells are on for BJP with allies quitting one after the other with General Elections fast approaching. Its high time the party retrospects the way it treats its allies or else things will be difficult in 2019 if BJP does not get an absolute majority.