INDIA bloc's identity crisis
India, Feb. 12 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s drubbing in the recently concluded Delhi assembly elections appears to have widened the cracks within the INDIA bloc. Within hours of the counting beginning last week, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah threw a barb, warning against infighting and expressing his frustration - particularly since the Congress, which failed to win a single seat for the third time in a row, played spoiler to the AAP in some key constituencies. The AAP then raced to save its administration in Punjab, with party chief Arvind Kejriwal scheduling a meeting with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, ministers, and party lawmakers in Delhi amid speculation of growing dissension. At the same time, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has blamed both the AAP and the Congress for the debacles in Haryana and Delhi respectively and made it clear that she will fight alone in elections in her state next year....
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