Nagpur, May 16 -- BJP MLA Ashishrao Deshmukh on Friday said that Congress leader P Chidambaram was expressing the truth of the situation when he said that the future of the INDIA bloc is not so bright.

"Chidambaram is an experienced leader and expressed the truth of the situation," Deshmukh told ANI.

"Sharad Pawar is trying to merge his party with the party of his nephew Ajit Pawar. The same is true with Uddhav Thackeray. The rest of their (INDIA bloc) supportive parties are separating one by one," he added.

Meanwhile, reacting to Chidambaram's remarks, Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday called the opposition alliance a "motley collection of parties" and that they came together only because of ...