INDIA from UPA: Opposition's push for a new name explained

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Alliance, in short (I.N.D.I.A.) Though some leaders showed initial resistance citing similarities with the name NDA (an alliance spearheaded by the BJP), they later agreed on it calling it as ‘an unanimous decision’.  Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said, "Earlier, we were UPA and now all the 26 parties have given a name to the opposition and that is – Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA). Everybody has agreed upon this, and the resolution for the name was passed unanimously." However, previously Congress had  formed the government at the Centre twice under the umbrella of UPA, so why there was a need of name change? United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was spearheaded by the Congress in 2009 and 2014 but today, many oppositions are of the view that the grand old party cannot take on BJP alone in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024.

And, hence, Congress cannot be touted as the “automatic leader".  Stressing on the need for all regional parties to join forces against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, who was herself a part of the UPA once, had said, “What is UPA? There is no UPA." In a way, Banerjee's point is quite justified as there is practically no UPA since 2014 Lok Sabha elections.  The Congress-led UPA secured victory in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections with support from 14 parties, i.e. RJD, DMK, NCP, PMK, TRS, JMM, LJP, MDMK, AIMIM, PDP, IUML, RPI(A), RPI(G) and KC (J).

Four Left parties – CPM, CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc – backed the alliance from the outside. However, over time, some allies withdrew, and the most significant setback came in 2008 when the four Left parties withdrew support.  Despite winning again in 2009, the UPA coalition