25 I.N.D.I.A. Bloc Parties To Flag SIR, Vote Loot With CJI

Addressing a press conference after the I.N.D.I.A. bloc meeting, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the leaders also demanded that the Union government convene an all-party meeting to discuss the “precarious current economic situation” in the country, besides unemployment, price rise, issues of farmers and the oppressed sections of society.

Batting for unity among Opposition leaders, he said: “On April 17, 2026, we demonstrated our unity and solidarity in the Lok Sabha in a very decisive manner, when we all came together firmly to defeat the Modi government’s malicious bills on delimitation.

“Now we must strengthen that same spirit even further and move forward, so that we can confront the many political, economic, social and foreign policy challenges facing the country due to the Modi government's misgovernance,” Kharge said at the start of the meeting.

Ahead of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc meeting scheduled in the national capital on Monday, posters targeting Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi surfaced at several roundabouts across New Delhi, spotlighting past criticisms of the Congress leader by some of his current allies.

Leaders of 25 parties, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge of the Congress, Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamul Congress, Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD, Omar Abdullah of the National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti of the PDP, besides Left leaders attended the meeting.

NCP(SP) leader Supriya Sule, CPI(M)'s John Brittas, CPI’s D. Raja, Independent MP Kapil Sibal and leaders of some smaller parties were also part of the deliberations. Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Uddhav Thackeray attended the meeting virtually.

Several leaders insisted on the unity amongst the alliance partners. Akhilesh Yadav stressed that the Congress should fight with unity in UP and even expressed his concerns about the lack of coordination with the state unit of the Congress in UP. He also raised the statements of certain Congress leaders being made against the SP in the state and said that all this will only strengthen the BJP.

UBT-Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray also insisted on unity and said that a face of the Opposition alliance should be chosen and also a coordinator. The Left parties, JMM, TMC and RJD also spoke about personal attacks against leaders of the alliance. The Left parties have already written a letter to the Congress president, Mr Kharge, on this matter.

Almost all the Opposition parties said that the DMK should have been present in the meeting as they were a strong partner of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc alliance.

NCP-SP leader Supriya Sule also raised the issue of the Cockroach Janta Party, saying it was also raising the Neet and CBSE issues as well.

Rahul Gandhi made a strong pitch for Opposition unity, warning allies against “pulling down each other” and urging them to fight together against the BJP “for the sake of the country and the Constitution”

All the leaders agreed that the alliance would meet every two months. The next meeting will be held in Hyderabad in August, the date for which will be fixed later.