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India Bloc's Identity Crisis
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|February 12, 2025
Recent polls show that mere anti-BJPism is insufficient to attract voters
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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s drubbing in the recently concluded Delhi assembly elections appears to have widened the cracks within the INDIA bloc. Within hours of the counting beginning last week, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah threw a barb, warning against infighting and expressing his frustration—particularly since the Congress, which failed to win a single seat for the third time in a row, played spoiler to the AAP in some key constituencies. The AAP then raced to save its administration in Punjab, with party chief Arvind Kejriwal scheduling a meeting with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, ministers, and party lawmakers in Delhi amid speculation of growing dissension.
This story is from the February 12, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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