INDIA bloc dead and buried, exists only on paper after DMK boycott: BJP

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The INDIA bloc is "dead and buried", existing on paper and TV screens perhaps but not in reality, the BJP said on Friday (June 5, 2026) after the DMK announced that it will not participate in the alliance's meeting in New Delhi on June 8.

In a major setback for the opposition alliance, the DMK said on Thursday (June 4, 2026 that it would stay away from the meeting because the Congress would be taking part in it.

The decision is a continuation of its stand against the Congress ever since the national party joined hands with the TVK, which won the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

"The INDI alliance has now broken into pieces. It was predicted that on May 4 there would be nothing called the INDI alliance left, and that prediction has come true," BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said, referring to the results of assembly elections in five states, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal.

"The INDI alliance is dead and buried. It may exist on paper and on television screens, but it does not exist in reality," he said.

Citing the DMK's decision to skip the meeting, he alleged that the Congress has "betrayed" its allies,

"The DMK has flatly refused to join the Congress at the INDI alliance meeting scheduled in the coming days. It has said that the Congress has backstabbed it," the BJP spokesperson said in a video statement.

Questioning the partnership of the Opposition parties, Mr. Poonawalla claimed that its parties are rivals in several States.

"And where does the INDI alliance exist in reality? Was it together in West Bengal, Punjab, Karnataka, Delhi, Uttarakhand or Madhya Pradesh?" he asked.

Mr. Poonawalla alleged that the alliance is driven by political opportunism rather than any common objective.

"This alliance was a model of opportunism. There was no mission, only confusion, division and ambition for positions," he said.

The BJP spokesperson claimed that parties in the alliance are fighting one another in States while projecting unity at the national lev