I.N.D.I. Alliance

Mallikarjun Kharge said winning the elections is the priority. Who will become the PM will be decided if they win the elections with majority.

Nitish Kumar asserted that Hindi is the national language and insisted that everyone should know it. His outburst continued for several minutes, delving into Indian history and criticising the imposition of English.

This is not the first time Congress and AAP have come face-to-face over seat sharing in Punjab. On 12th December, Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said that his party would contest all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.

The TMC mouthpiece used the 'Zamindar' phrase to refer to Congress' culture of big-brotherly attitude and its tendency to look down upon other Opposition parties within the I.N.D.I. Alliance.

Several Congress allies, including Akhilesh Yadav, and Nitish Kumar had earlier pulled out of the meeting.

Akhilesh Yadav led SP registered its worst performance in MP since 1998. It could not even open its account and got the lowest vote share to date. It only received 0.46% votes in this election, which is less than NOTA (0.98%).

NC leader Omar Abdullah expressed doubts about the opposition alliance's ability to win future elections.

In a scathing attack on the Congress, Yadav accused Congress of double-speak and acting as the “B-team of the BJP”. He stressed that Congress doesn’t want to ally with the Samajwadi Party and is also speaking against another I.N.D.I.A. alliance partner AAP. Afterward, he asserted that Congress would get a befitting reply from the PDA.

Akhilesh Yadav accused Congress of cheating Samajwadi Party and called the party cunning.

Evidently, Kharge admitted that even as the 2024 elections are just months away, there is no consensus among the I.N.D.I.Alliance partners regarding a PM candidate and there is a risk of the coalition breaking apart over the issue.