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.
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%).
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.
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.
Since the Congress-led I.N.D.I. Alliance is collapsing like a house of cards, the grand old party may have thought it would be prudent to turn back to the media, which it had recently 'boycotted', for help
CPI(M) has decided to call off its proposed alliance with the Congress while JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar has accused the grand old party of prioritising state polls over I.N.D.I bloc