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‘INDIA’: What you need to know about India’s opposition alliance

M K Stalin, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at a meeting in Bengaluru last week [File: Mohan Kumar/AFP]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a fondness for abbreviations and acronyms that create buzz around his government schemes.

Last week, Modi’s political opponents did exactly that as they announced a new alliance – called “INDIA” – to deny Modi a third straight win and defeat his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in next year’s election.

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