INDIA bloc only a figment of imagination, lacks conviction on ground: BJP

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BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said there is a complete implosion in the INDIA bloc, with disagreements involving the Congress and the DMK, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Left parties. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting on Monday (June 8, 2026), the BJP said the Opposition alliance is “a figment of imagination” and lacks conviction on the ground.

Top leaders of 23 political parties of the Opposition INDIA bloc are likely to meet on Monday (June 8, 2026) to redraw their strategy to take on the BJP and iron out differences amid changed power dynamics after the defeat of regional anchors TMC and DMK in the recent Assembly polls.

In a post on X, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said there is a complete implosion in the INDIA bloc, with disagreements involving the Congress and the DMK, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Left parties.

He added that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also questioned the Congress’ intentions behind forging alliances with regional parties.

“After DMK versus Congress, after JMM versus Congress and after the complete implosion of the INDI alliance, with the Left attacking the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party has now also targeted the Congress. It has advised smaller regional parties that the only reason the Congress is coming together with them is to strengthen itself, not the nation, and therefore it will not join the INDI alliance,” he said.

“There is no INDI alliance. It is just a figment of one’s imagination. Cosmetic meetings take place, but real conviction on the ground is never seen,” he posted.

Claiming that the opposition alliance lacks a common purpose, Mr. Poonawalla said it has “no mission, no vision, only division”.

“The INDI alliance never had any mission. It was always about confusion, ambition and division. Those divisions are now playing out on a daily basis. Even when these parties came together, they did so not out of conviction but for convenience,” he said.

In a video statement,