Kapil Sibal urges INDIA bloc to show unity and cohesion in national politics

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Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has advised the INDIA bloc to present a united front in national politics. He emphasised the need for cohesive policies, an ideological framework, and a common programme for the future. Sibal suggested appointing spokespersons to represent the bloc's views on important national issues. The statement comes amid concerns about the alliance's unity and effectiveness post-Lok Sabha elections.

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00:00We have some breaking news that's coming in and what seems to be a wake-up call for the

00:04India bloc.

00:05Kapil Sibal, RSMP has offered advice to India bloc saying that India must appear to be bloc

00:11not unbloc.

00:12That is what Rajasabha MP Kapil Sibal has said about India bloc saying that India must

00:16appear to be bloc not unbloc.

00:19He's also said India parties must have cohesive policies and has also said that India must

00:24have an ideological framework.

00:26Sibal has exuded confidence about the opposition's future.

00:32So Kapil Sibal while speaking about the India bloc has said that India parties need to have

00:36a cohesive policy, a cohesive ideological framework and a cohesive program for the future.

00:41He's also gone on to say that he's not talking about the state level or the national level

00:45there has to be a cohesiveness in the way in which India bloc thinks on issues that

00:50are of great national importance and unless that mechanism is put in place and unless

00:55there are spokespersons of the bloc who represent the views of the India bloc he doesn't think

00:59that India bloc can move forward very effectively.

01:02So big statement there coming in from the Rajasabha MP on the India bloc and its general

01:07cohesiveness saying that India bloc needs to bloc and not unbloc.

01:12When he talks about the future he's saying that unless India bloc is cohesive there is

01:17no future.

01:18My colleague Ashutosh Mishra is joining me on the broadcast with more details.

01:22Ashutosh, a point in comment there by Kapil Sibal who's not only commented on the cohesiveness

01:27of India bloc but also has alluded to a need for possibly a spokesperson saying that the

01:31alliance needs a face.

01:38Technically what he says that the India bloc needs a representative because at large if

01:42you see the parties the stakeholders India bloc have their individual representatives

01:47not as an alliance soul and this is not the first person to say that if I remember just

01:51a week ago when I interviewed the CPI General Secretary D. Raja he also said the same thing

01:56that since after the Lok Sabha election there has not been a single meeting of the India

02:00bloc and clearly there why their apprehensions are being raised the several leaders also

02:05at extent saying the India bloc was perhaps for only the Lok Sabha elections and after

02:10the 2020-24 general elections the India bloc has literally diminished and that's why the

02:15leaders the stakeholders of India bloc says that you need to come together let there be

02:20a bloc if the India bloc exists and also they have a representative what it means that

02:26simply during the elections or even without election when you go with an agenda there

02:30should be a similar voice and one voice coming from all the opposition parties under the

02:35umbrella bloc because in different elections including the recent Delhi we have seen concluded

02:39that how the India bloc partners Congress and Aam Aadmi Party were arch rival contested

02:43against each other the same case is going to be in West Bengal and the state of Kerala

02:48so clearly when you see the conflict within the India bloc partners are not unanimously

02:54because looking at the caste you know the political dynamics of different states so

02:58largely leader says if you have to contest against the BJP there should be one voice

03:03there should be unanimous voice and if there is an India bloc that exists it need to be

03:07seen together and that's why they need a representative who speak on common agenda right Ashutosh

03:12thanks for bringing in that perspective on the story that is what Kapil Sibal has said

03:15that India bloc needs to have a cohesive policy and a cohesive ideological framework

03:19when it comes to competing in national politics

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