INDIA bloc now 'INDI zero' alliance as its constituents are fighting, says Piyush Goyal
Indore (PTI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said opposition bloc Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) had begun disintegrating and had now turned into "INDI zero".
Goyal referred to the spat between Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath over seat sharing for the Assembly polls here, as well Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's statement that the Congress was more interested in polls than setting the course for the INDIA bloc.
"The opposition alliance has started integrating even before it is formed. The parties in it are pitted against each other in the Assembly polls in various states. It has now turned into 'INDI zero' alliance," Goyal said at a press conference during a tour of poll-bound MP.
"Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is sad about the state of the alliance. The Aam Aadmi Party abuses the Congress. In West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the constituents of the alliance are fighting," he claimed.
The INDIA alliance comprises more than 25 parties opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party, including the Congress and Kumar's Janata Dal (United).
Dubbing MP Congress chief Kamal Nath and the party's senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh as a "mismatched pair", Goyal claimed the two were at loggerheads and busy in establishing their sons in politics.
"Kamal Nath has already lost his credibility among the masses and is now left alone in Congress politics," Goyal claimed.
On the BJP not naming CM candidates for the five states where Assembly polls are being held, Goyal said, "We have the blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We are all generals under him. It is the failure of the Congress that it does not have any popular leader who can go to the masses."
On rising onion prices, Goyal said the Centre had increased the buffer stock of the kitchen staple from two lakh tonnes to five lakh tonnes in view of irregular rains in different parts of the country and later added a consignment of two lakh tonnes while making additional purchases.
"This is the first time since Independence that the Central government is providing onions at Rs 25 per kg to retail consumers from its buffer stock. Due to this, onion prices have stabilized in many places," he said.
The Union minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said prices will come down when onions sown late in the Kharif season makes it way to the markets in the next one to two weeks.
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Priyanka Gandhi urges Nitin Gadkari to expedite road projects in Kerala's Wayanad
Wayanad/New Delhi (PTI): Congress MP from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said she met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, seeking his intervention to expedite pending road infrastructure works in her constituency, including those aimed at addressing landslide issues at the Thamarassery pass.
Sharing photographs of the meeting on the social media platform 'X', Priyanka said Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, heard her concerns and sought updates from the relevant officials.
In her post, she expressed hope that the pressing issues she raised, which directly affect public safety and daily life, would receive the attention and urgency they deserve.
“Met respected Gadkari to raise issues concerning my constituency, Wayanad, and urged that pending works be expedited without further delay. He was kind enough to hear my concerns and get updates from the relevant officers,” she said.
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“I sincerely hope these pressing issues, which directly affect people’s safety and daily lives, will receive the attention and urgency they deserve,” she added.
A day earlier, Priyanka had sought an appointment with Gadkari in Parliament, saying she had been seeking an opportunity since June to discuss issues related to her constituency.
Responding to her request, the minister had said his doors were always open and that she could meet him at any time.
She subsequently met him at his office later the same day.
Met respected Shri @nitin_gadkari to raise issues concerning my constituency, Wayanad, and urged that pending works be expedited without further delay.
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) December 19, 2025
He was kind enough to hear my concerns and get an update from the relevant officers.
I sincerely hope these pressing issues… pic.twitter.com/UkxnXP6gxn
