Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav has stated that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will not be included in the INDIA alliance if it remains with the BJP. He also criticized the Congress for claiming it will contest all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh expressed hope that the INDIA coalition will win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He also attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over a recent murder allegedly involving a member of the party.
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has ended its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and exited the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Tamil Nadu. The AIADMK will now lead a state-level coalition, setting up a three-cornered fight in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections between the DMK, AIADMK, and BJP. Tensions in the alliance escalated after BJP leader K Annamalai made controversial remarks about Dravidian stalwart CN Annadurai and former chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
The Karnataka government is considering a proposal to have five more deputy chief ministers ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Congress MLA Basavaraj Rayareddy said.
MNM contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls & got a 3.7% vote share predominantly from urban areas but in 2021 assembly elections the party’s performance diminished.