Alliance (INDIA) and said that the bloc should be called "Ghamandiya" and not INDIA, according to a media report. The Prime Minister met with his allies in Bihar and at the meet, the PM suggested a strategy to tackle the Opposition bloc in the state and in the country. His strategy included naming and calling the INDIA bloc as ‘Ghamandiya’, reported NDTV.
The word Ghamandiya is a Hindi word meaning arrogant. "They changed their name from UPA to INDIA to hide how they schemed against the poor... The name INDIA is not to show their patriotism but with an intention to rob the country," the news media outlet quoted Prime Minister Modi.
The Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held in 2024 has seen both camps leave no stone unturned to flag anything of the opposition. PM Modi has frequently attacked the opposition bloc for calling itself INDIA. Last month in a meet in Bengaluru, PM Modi took a jibe at the Opposition bloc and said that their mantra is ‘of, by and for family’.
He added that ‘Family first, nation nothing’ is their motto. PM Modi said, “In democracy, it is of the people, by the people and for the people. But for the dynastic political parties, it is of the family, by the family and for the family.
Family first, nation nothing. This is their motto... There is hatred, corruption and appeasement politics.
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