I.N.D.I. Alliance

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, State Industries Minister T.R.B. Rajaa and the Managing Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Karan Adani were present at the signing of the MoUs, along with Cabinet Ministers and Secretaries of various government departments.

Interestingly, a few days back, some supporters of TMC's Mamata Banerjee had started a website projecting her as the next PM.

RJD and JD(U) – the ruling parties in Bihar were reportedly miffed when some alliance partners proposed Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s name as the suitable candidate for Prime Minister from the alliance. 

BSP MP from Bijnor Malook Nagar said that BSP will consider joining the I.N.D.I. alliance if it makes Mayawati the PM candidate

"In Kerala, the Congress is clearly with the RSS and the BJP against the CPI(M). At the national level, they talk about fighting against Modi, but in Kerala, where there is a government with alternative policies and a pro-people stance, the Congress cannot tolerate it," she said.

In a post on X, K Annamalai wrote, "The only response from DMK to this video of DMK MP’s slander of our friends in UP & Bihar is that this video is old. How does it change while DMK, a party built on divisive principles, continues to use such language even today? "

Congress received roughly 12% of the votes in UP in the 2012 elections, while the BJP received 15%. In the ten years following that, BJP moved to 41%, while the Congress, led by Priyanka Gandhi, has fallen to 2%.

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.