Cracks in Coalition?

DMK and AAP Give INDIA block’s Delhi Meet a Miss

08 June 2026: 23 political parties will take part in the INDIA block meeting and focus upon making a strategy to rework and take on the Bharatiya Janata Party. However, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and DMK are set to skip the meeting as reported by Times of India on Monday.

The opposition block, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), will meet at New Delhi’s Constitution Club today, to develop ties and amid the differences along with focusing upon the causes of recent electoral losses of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. 

Congress leader KC Venugopal claimed that the oppositional discussion will focus on the current political scenario in India and the meeting’s agenda will be revealed after it is held, reported by Hindustan Times on Monday. The INDIA block will discuss the way the Government of India is taking anti-democratic attitudes, and the issues of the students. 

TMC supremo and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is already knee-deep in a crisis in her home ground, especially after the massive victory of BJP in West Bengal’s 2026 assembly polls. In Monday’s meeting it is expected that Banerjee will suggest a united electoral front against the BJP- led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2029 for the Lok Sabha Elections. 

BJP MP Manoj Tigga added that the INDIA block comes together “whenever there is an election, a crisis, or when they face a crushing electoral defeat”. He further mentioned that the opposition block has no significance as reported by Times of India on Monday.

At this INDIA Alliance members said that it is formed for the national interest. These meetings will take place to serve the citizens whenever they face any crisis. It is happening in the crucial time when the country’s economy has stalled and plummeted into an abyss. In a single week, petrol and diesel prices were hiked repeatedly; recently the price of cooking gas went up to ₹29. Inflation is rising rapidly and is impacting the common people. The government need to focus upon finding solutions for public interest.