India, an alliance that was formed by 26 opposition parties in the country, among which 2 are
from the national parties and 24 are from regional parties, an alliance that was made with the
goal of defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 2024
elections, The alliance has the party chief ministers of seven states and a total of 142
members in the Lok Sabha.
The party main objectives of defeating BJP in the coming election can backfire their alliance
if history were to repeat itself ,where in 1974 The Janata Morcha (people’s front”) , a
coalition of Indian political parties which was formed to oppose the government of Indian
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her congress party , which turned out to be a great failure,
The tagline of remove Modi should not be use as far as possible because the election
manifesto is always about the development, uplift the downtrodden and fulfill the common
interests. There is no doubt on the fact that the opposition alliances are going to be contesting
the election unitedly as one but what are the chances of them getting more votes if they are
only going with the motives of defeating the BJP government and what difference will they
bring to the people voting for them, when there is no other motives than just winning, the
opposition will be getting higher votes and higher seats in MPs as they are coming together.
The other problem that lies for the opposition party is the fact that who will be the Prime
Minister if they were to win the election, as the President of Indian National Congress
Mallikarjun Kharge said a committee of 11 members will be set up for coordination, and a
convenor will be selected at the next opposition meeting in Mumbai. Kharge also said a
secretariat will also be set up in Delhi for campaign management of the alliance and specific
committees will be formed for separate issues. He also evaded a direct reply on who would
be the face of the alliance, earlier in his opening remarks at the meeting, he said the congress
is not interested in power of the post of Prime Minister.
Though Rahul Gandhi is gaining a good momentum, he might not have reach up to the level
of Narendra Modi. Neither side is sure of a clear victory, and thus there is an investment in
alliance numbers. Of the two alliances, the key difference is that the opposition’s goal is
limited to a single aim- of ousting Modi and BJP from power at the centre.
A decade’s exclusion from power is debilitating for most parties, and that is the driving force
for short-term political convergence.
This is both the opposition’s strength and its weakness, strength because for 26 parties to
come together just for the aim to remove the BJP government is a big statement in itself and
weakness because that alone won’t be enough for people to abandon a still popular leader like
Modi.
The opposition’s best hope is that like 2004, voters just want change, never mind the lack of a
unifying ideology or a common leader.
The alliance that is made might not be long term as the main motives is to remove the BJP
government and for the purpose of the coming election, and also no party can last without a
face of a party, which is the leader and in the present scenario that itself is a big conflict as
the power distribution can be another conflict for the alliance because at the end everyone
wants the bigger hand.
