At the INDIA bloc meet today, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge outlined a strategic blueprint to rebuild their alliance against the Central government following setbacks in the recently
concluded Assembly polls.
As twenty-three opposition parties of the INDIA bloc met on Monday,Kharge urged the party leaders who gathered in Delhi today, to come forward to form a resistance against “Modi government’s misgovernance”. “On April 17, 2026, we demonstrated our unity and solidarity in the Lok Sabha in a very decisive manner, when we all came together firmly to defeat the Modi government’s malicious bills on delimitation. Now we must strengthen that same spirit even further and move forward, so that we can confront the many political, economic, social, and foreign policy challenges facing the country due to the Modi government’s misgovernance,” Kharge said.
Targeting the Central government over several issues, Kharge said the voting rights of millions of people were stripped away through the Special Intensive Roll (SIR) exercise, while prices of essential goods kept soaring, plaguing the common people. “The assault on the Constitution continues unabated. Investigative agencies are being persistently used as tools to harass, intimidate, and bully political opponents. Discrimination is being meted out against non-BJP governments,” he said while slamming the governance.
“Prices of essential goods are continuously rising, and the economic environment is extremely negative. New investments are not coming in at the pace required to generate new jobs. Private monopolies are growing in many sectors, and the future of MSMEs is in a serious crisis,” he said, describing the economic situation of the country.
“Due to the complete mismanagement of the examination system, the hopes and aspirations of our lakhs of youth are being betrayed. Atrocities against the weaker sections of society, especially in BJP-ruled states, continue relentlessly. Our foreign policy has been completely compromised, and those traditional values that India has long staunchly supported have not been upheld,” Kharge said.