New Delhi:
The INDIA alliance is grappling with its most serious internal rupture yet after its crushing defeat in Bihar, with several regional partners openly questioning the Congress-led coalition’s strategy, leadership and credibility. What began as scattered murmurs of dissatisfaction has now grown into pointed criticism, public rebukes and active discussions within multiple parties about recalibrating or even severing ties with the bloc.The first major crack emerged even before polling, when the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha walked out of the alliance’s Bihar seat-sharing framework. The party accused senior partners of sidelining them in negotiations and failing to honour commitments made during earlier talks.
JMM leaders have since said the Bihar episode reflects a larger problem that regional allies are being treated as “junior partners” and not as equal stakeholders. The party is now reassessing its participation in joint platforms going forward, including in neighbouring Jharkhand.
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