Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday took a jibe at the Opposition's coalition saying the changing name will not change the game.
"Changing your name will not change your game! It's INDIA Vs I.N.D.I.A.," he tweeted.
26 parties on July 18 in Bengaluru named their coalition as INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) to fight Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Political battle on INDIA
Earlier in the day 'INDIA' echoed in Parliament as well. A war of words has erupted between the Opposition bloc and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners with reference to the freshly minted name of the opposition alliance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Opposition while addressing BJP MPs. The PM called the Opposition alliance INDIA as the most directionless the country had ever seen, and cited reviled names such as East India Company and Indian Mujahideen to assert that people cannot be misled merely by the use of the country's name.
Hitting back at PM Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he doesn't care about the names which are being derided against them.
Replying back to PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi in a tweet said, "Call us whatever you want, Mr. Modi. We are INDIA. We will help heal Manipur and wipe the tears of every woman and child. We will bring back love and peace for all her people. We will rebuild the idea of India in Manipur."
'Old product with new label': Amit Shah's dig at opposition alliance INDIA
Home Minister Amit Shah called the 26-party opposition alliance INDIA an "old product with a new label". "In a bid to get rid of its hounding past, the opposition alliance has changed its nomenclature. But merely changing the name to I.N.D.I.A. will not erase their past deeds from public memory. "The people of our country are wise enough to see through this propaganda and will treat this old product with a new label with the same disapproval," Shah said in a tweet.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has also tweeted, "Stories of absolute horror are now slowly trickling down. INDIA demands answers from the Modi Government on Manipur violence."Kharge said it was high time that Modi sheds his "ego" and takes the country into confidence on Manipur.
