"Fight Between PM Modi And I.N.D.I.A": Opposition Coalition Has A New Name

I.N.D.I.A: It was Rahul Gandhi who came up with the name finally, tweeted Jitendra Ahwad of the Nationalist Congress Party. "His creativity was greatly appreciated," his tweet read.

        

        

 

New Delhi :  The united opposition front will be known as I-N-D-I-A, the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, 26 parties participating in the crucial Bengaluru meeting decided today, setting what Congressman Rahul Gandhi called a "Modi versus I.N.D.I.A"battle for the 2024 general elections.

"We are standing up for the Indian Constitution, Indian voices, and Indian ideas. You are aware of what befalls anyone who seeks to oppose India's notion... The conflict is between the NDA and I.N.D.I.A., as well as between Narendra Modi and I.N.D.I.A. India always prevails in battles, Mr. Gandhi added. "The conflict centers on two opposing conceptions of India... The nation's voice is being muffled. The battle is for the country's voice. So, I.N.D.I.A was picked as the name, he said.

The BJP, which is assembling its friends in Delhi, laughed. Amit Malviya of the BJP compared altering the UPA to SIMI, a prohibited group, and claimed that doing so is simply reorganizing under a different name.

"The nation will pick Prime Minister Modi as its head of state in 2024... The future of our nation is too important to risk with one of the dynastic, corrupt, and self-serving parties. They clearly joined together to protect their dwindling spheres of influence, not to serve the general public, as stated in his tweet.

On Day 2 of the mega meeting, the name for the united opposition was decided after much deliberation.

According to sources, the Left parties preferred that the word "Alliance" be altered to "Front," while certain parties weren't too keen on the moniker "NDA." Uddhav Thackeray, the leader of the Shiv Sena UBT, advocated for a moniker that would not allude to opposition.

Jitendra Ahwad of the Nationalist Congress Party stated that Mr. Gandhi was ultimately responsible for coming up with the acronym. "His creativity was greatly appreciated," his tweet stated.

बंगळुरू येथे सुरू असणाऱ्या विरोधी पक्षांच्या बैठकीत,या आघाडीचं नाव INDIA ठेवण्याचा प्रस्ताव @RahulGandhi यांनी मांडला.त्यांच्या या कल्पकतेच प्रचंड कौतुक.सर्व पक्षांनी याला अनुमोदन देत आगामी लोकसभा निवडणूक INDIA या नावाखाली लढवण्याचा निर्णय घेतला आहे.

I - Indian
N -…

— Dr.Jitendra Awhad (@Awhadspeaks) July 18, 2023

Soon after the name was chosen, Derek O'Brien of the Trinamool Congress tweeted with joy, "Chak de India." "NDA, will you take on India? Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of Bengal, questioned him, saying, "BJP, can you take on INDIA?"

Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, was reportedly not too fond of I.N.D.I.A. because it contains the letters NDA. He needed to be persuaded.

After the meeting, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge spoke to the media and declared, "The BJP intends to destroy democracy and the Constitution by utilizing independent bodies like the CBI and ED against opposition party leaders and workers. There is a serious problem here. To remedy this predicament, we have come together. The question before us is "how to save the country and the people of the country."

When asked who would lead the coalition, Mr. Kharge responded, "We are forming an 11-person coordination committee. We will choose the 11 during that meeting in Mumbai, as well as the convenor and other leaders. These are trivial matters.

While greeting all the leaders present, Mamata Banerjee referred to Rahul Gandhi as "our favorite" in her remarks at the press conference. She described today's discussion as "very good, constructive, and fruitful." A Common Minimum Programme will also be discussed at the following conference in Mumbai, she noted.

The opposition gathering took place simultaneously with the NDA summit in Delhi, where the BJP has gathered 38 parties in a show of force.

Mr. Kharge asserted that the BJP is hiding its face because of the Delhi meeting. "Before, they [the BJP] never gave a damn. They were mute. The NDA was in tatters (tukde tukde ho gaya tha)...  PM is currently attempting to combine them. It demonstrates his fear of the opposition, according to Mr. Kharge.

Don't know who they are," he stated in reference to the parties present at the NDA meeting. I have not heard that there are so many parties in India, whether they are registered parties.