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The INDIA bloc is "dead and buried", existing connected insubstantial and TV screens possibly but not successful reality, the BJP said connected Friday (June 5, 2026) aft the DMK announced that it volition not enactment successful the alliance's gathering successful New Delhi connected June 8.
In a large setback for the absorption alliance, the DMK said connected Thursday (June 4, 2026 that it would enactment distant from the gathering due to the fact that the Congress would beryllium taking portion successful it.
The determination is simply a continuation of its basal against the Congress ever since the nationalist enactment joined hands with the TVK, which won the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
"The INDI confederation has present breached into pieces. It was predicted that connected May 4 determination would beryllium thing called the INDI confederation left, and that prediction has travel true," BJP nationalist spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said, referring to the results of assembly elections successful 5 states, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal.
"The INDI confederation is dormant and buried. It whitethorn beryllium connected insubstantial and connected tv screens, but it does not beryllium successful reality," helium said.
Citing the DMK's determination to skip the meeting, helium alleged that the Congress has "betrayed" its allies,
"The DMK has flatly refused to articulation the Congress astatine the INDI confederation gathering scheduled successful the coming days. It has said that the Congress has backstabbed it," the BJP spokesperson said successful a video statement.
Questioning the concern of the Opposition parties, Mr. Poonawalla claimed that its parties are rivals successful respective States.
"And wherever does the INDI confederation beryllium successful reality? Was it unneurotic successful West Bengal, Punjab, Karnataka, Delhi, Uttarakhand oregon Madhya Pradesh?" helium asked.
Mr. Poonawalla alleged that the confederation is driven by governmental opportunism alternatively than immoderate communal objective.
"This confederation was a exemplary of opportunism. There was nary mission, lone confusion, part and ambition for positions," helium said.
The BJP spokesperson claimed that parties successful the confederation are warring 1 different successful States portion projecting unity astatine the nationalist level.
"The Congress and the Left were engaged successful governmental combat successful Kerala but claimed relationship successful Delhi. They were warring each different successful places similar West Bengal but projecting unity successful the nationalist capital," helium said.
Claiming that determination parties person mislaid spot successful the Congress, Poonawalla alleged that its allies present spot it arsenic a "deceitful party".
"After the DMK was betrayed, each determination parties person understood that the Congress is simply a deceitful party," helium said.
Referring to the Samajwadi Party, helium claimed that it has signalled its intent to spell unsocial successful the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
"The Samajwadi Party has already said that it volition contention each 403 assembly seats successful Uttar Pradesh and volition not person immoderate confederation with the Congress," helium said, adding that the absorption confederation nary longer exists successful immoderate meaningful sense.
Dravidian large DMK said it volition not enactment successful the absorption gathering adjacent week successful bid to respect the sentiments of its cadres, who were profoundly wounded by the betrayal of the Congress party.
