New Delhi, May 16, 2025 (ANI): Senior Congress Leader P Chidambaram says, “The future is not so bright as Mr Mrityunjay Singh Yadav says. He seems to feel that the INDIA alliance is still intact. I am not sure. Maybe Salman (Khurshid) can answer because he was part of the negotiating team of the INDIA alliance. If the INDIA alliance is totally intact, I would be very, very happy, but it seems frail. It can be put together. There is still time. There are still events which will unfold... If you want to take on the formidable BJP machinery, in my experience, in my reading of history, there has been no political party which is so formidably organised as the BJP. In every department, it is formidable. It's not another political party...”
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00:00If the India Alliance is totally intact, I'm very, very happy. But it shows, at the seams, it's frayed. In my experience and my reading of history, there has been no political party which is so formidably organized as a BJP.
00:26Every department, it's formidable. It's not another political party. The future is not so bright as Mr. Mr. J. Singh Yadav said. He seemed to feel that the India Alliance is still intact.
00:47I'm not sure. It's only Salman can answer because he was part of the negotiating team for the India Alliance. If the India Alliance is totally intact, I'm very, very happy.
01:05But it shows, at the seams, it's frayed. It can be put together. There's still time. There are still events which will unfold.
01:19But the underlying premise of Mr. Yadav's argument is correct. If you want to take on the formidable BJP missionary, in my experience and my reading of history,
01:39there has been no political party, there has been no political party which is so formidably organized as a BJP. In every department, it's formidable. It's not another political party.
01:54It's a machine. It's a machine. It's a machine. And the two machines control all the machinery of India. From the election commission of India to the lowest police station in India,
02:13India, they are able to control or sometimes capture these institutions. It's a formidable missionary. Formidable missionary as much as can be allowed in a democracy and comparable to one state party where the ruling party is formidable missionary.
02:41I'm not saying we are a one state party. I'm not saying we are a one state party. So don't misunderstand me. We are still an electoral democracy. We are not a full-fledged democracy. No more. We are an electoral democracy.
02:55And the best result of the 2024 elections is that nobody can undermine elections in India. You can interfere with elections. You can
03:10tamper with elections. You can tinker with elections. But you can't get rid of elections or you can't have elections where the ruling party gets elected with 98% of the vote. That's not possible in India.
03:252024 has sealed that proposition. I'm very happy.