led by ncp chief sharad pawar several opposition members on sunday hailed sad for quitting nda over the farm bills and thanked the akalis for snapping their ties with bjpin a tweet pawar congratulated sad chief sukhbir singh badal and his wife and former union minister harsimrat kaur badal who under the leadership of hon shri parkash singh badal pulled out of nda thanks for firmly standing with the farmers the ncp chief saidncps ally in the maharashtra government shiv sena too appreciated sads decision to quit nda in the interest of farmers senas rajya sabha mp sanjay raut said his party and sad used to be the strong pillars of nda and without them i dont consider the alliance as nda any longertmc rajya sabha mp derek o brien backed badal and his party for their stand and tweeted that fighting for farmers is part of trinamool dna badal tweeted back thanking obrien and said tmcs stand against the farm bills in parliament is well knownanother opposition party bjd which had backed nda on policies like demonetisation triple talaq and caa but opposed the farm bills in rs said it respected sads decision to walk out of ndarjds rs mp manoj jha said it was bjps egoistic attitude that forced its oldest ally sad to part ways with ndahowever while several opposition parties welcomed sads move punjab pcc president sunil jakhar said the akalis were desperately hoping for some rapprochement with bjp till the last minute but the senior ally saw through their gamefearing farmers wrath on the one hand and being equally scared of antagonising the prime minister on the other akalis were caught between a rock and a hard place and tried to do a balancing act the punjab congress chief said on sunday