'INDIA bloc's self-sabotage makes it no match for BJP's discipline'

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi on Saturday, delivered a blistering critique of the INDIA bloc, describing it as fractured, indecisive, and incapable of mounting a serious challenge to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.

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He warned that the alliance, once touted as a united front, is now “on life support,” crippled by infighting and a lack of cohesion. Abdullah argued that the Opposition has squandered opportunities to present itself as a credible alternative, pointing to Bihar as a glaring example of self-sabotage.

“Either we are a bloc, in which decisions should be taken together... Look at the Bihar polls, you pushed one constituent out. Hypothetically, if the JMM were to up and leave, who is to blame?” he asked, laying bare the alliance’s inability to hold itself together.