After high-stakes negotiations that started in April and two key meets in Patna and Bengaluru, 26 Opposition parties in the country, including two national and 24 regional parties, have managed to stitch together a grouping to fight the 2024 general elections against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The alliance, named Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), has the parties of the Chief Ministers of seven States and a total of 142 members in the Lok Sabha.
Notably, while the parties have come together as an anti-BJP front, several constituents of the formation are in direct contest with the largest Opposition party, the Indian National Congress, in many regions. The second national party, the AAP has had an inconsistent relationship with the INC. In West Bengal, Punjab and Kerala, constituents of INDIA continue to fight one another. As for the smaller regional parties that have come together, the two factions of the Kerala Congress are seen as arch-rivals. Meanwhile, the alliance still has to figure out seat-sharing agreements in key States.
