[Watch] BJP Formidably Organised, Doubt If INDIA Alliance Still Intact, Says Chidambaram

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday praised the BJP, describing it as “formidably organised” across all fronts and expressed doubts about the unity of the INDIA bloc. He admitted that he was uncertain whether the opposition alliance was still intact.

He made this remark while speaking at the book launch event of Salman Khurshid and Mritunjay Singh Yadav’s ‘Contesting Democratic Deficit: An Inside Story of the 2024 Elections’ at the India International Centre in Delhi. Chidambaram said the alliance seemed to be showing signs of strain.

The senior Congress leader, however, claimed it was not too late to save the bloc. “There’s still time”, he said.

“The future is not so bright as Mr Mrityunjay Singh Yadav says. He seems to feel that the INDIA alliance is still intact. I am not sure. Maybe Salman (Khurshid) can answer because he was part of the negotiating team of the INDIA alliance. If the INDIA alliance is totally intact, I would be very, very happy, but it seems frail. It can be put together. There is still time. There are still events which will unfold… If you want to take on the formidable BJP machinery, in my experience, in my reading of history, there has been no political party which is so formidably organised as the BJP. In every department, it is formidable. It’s not another political party…” he added.

#WATCH | Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram says, “The future is not so bright as Mr Mrityunjay Singh Yadav says. He seems to feel that the INDIA alliance is still intact. I am not sure. Maybe Salman (Khurshid) can answer because he was part of the negotiating team of… pic.twitter.com/ZTJA9xsS1L

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