DMK Distanced, TMC Torn Up, AAP Out: How Congress-Led INDIA Bloc Hit Existential Crisis

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• DMK Distanced, TMC Torn Up, AAP Out: How Congress-Led INDIA Bloc Hit Existential Crisis Written By, Last Updated: June 04, 2026, 23:34 IST What was conceptualised as a unified electoral force is degenerating into regional fragments, leaving the opposition’s national ambitions highly compromised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh and KC Venugopal, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, DMK leader TR Baalu and others during an INDIA bloc meeting.
• (File pic: PTI) The structural stability of the opposition Indian Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc is facing its most severe existential crisis since its inception.
• A series of coordinated political exits, deep internal rifts, and public fractures among core regional heavyweights have raised fundamental questions about the alliance’s long-term survival.
• With the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) expressing deep dissatisfaction in Tamil Nadu, an...