New Delhi, May 16 -- Congress leader Salman Khurshid emphasized that the INDIA bloc was formed in response to the party's recognition of the need for a united alliance. He even said that Congress "ceded" its place for the formation of alliances.

He stressed that all stakeholders need to work on making the alliance "good".

"INDIA alliance was formed as we accepted the fact that we need an alliance in this fight. We did an alliance even by ceding our place. Alliance is needed, but it should be a good one, and we need to work on how it is possible," Salman Khurshid told ANI on Friday.

This came after senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Thursday expressed doubts about the future of the INDIA bloc, saying that it is frayed at the seams...