Regional parties assert independence, stress national interest at Hindu Huddle 2026

Key points

• Leaders of the regional parties have asserted that these parties continue to play a decisive role in shaping India’s political landscape and insisting that their choices are rooted in national interest rather than opportunism.
• On the second day of The Hindu Huddle 2026 on Saturday, Rajya Sabha members Javed Ali Khan (Samajwad Party), Dr. Santrupt Misra (Biju Janata Dal) and former Speaker of united Andhra Pradesh and former BRS Parliamentary leader K.R.
• Suresh Reddy in conversation with Nistula Hebbar, Political Editor, The Hindu in one voice said there has been growing influence of regional parties.
• Reddy, a senior politician with three decades of political stint as an MLA and MP maintained that his party believed in neutrality and issue-based positions.
• “We are neither with UPA nor NDA.