“I believe we pushed Nitish Kumar back into the arms of the NDA,” he said, referring to Bihar CM’s efforts towards building INDIA bloc ahead of 2024 election

Praising the BJP for the “way it fights elections”, Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah on Saturday raised some pointed questions on the current health of INDIA bloc of opposition parties at the national level.

He was asked if his party, the J&K National Conference, remains a part of the Congress-led alliance. He did not say it's out, but added that the bloc itself is “sort of on life support”, particularly after the massive drubbing in the Bihar assembly election.

He was speaking at at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2025 in New Delhi, where he was in conversation with HT's Political Editor Sunetra Choudhury.

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