Overview
- He blamed internal indecision, citing the Nitish Kumar convenor–veto episode, and warned that without joint decisions the alliance will remain a set of state pacts.
- He contrasted the bloc’s sporadic campaigning with what he called the BJP’s 24/7 election machine that fights every contest as if survival depends on it.
- He dismissed EVM-rigging claims yet said elections can be skewed through voter-list changes or constituency redraws, pointing to Jammu and Kashmir’s delimitation as raising concerns.
- He said the Bihar result signaled that Muslim voters will not reward parties that take them for granted and urged leaders to listen to the community.
- On Jammu and Kashmir, he described a difficult security year after the Pahalgam attack that hurt tourism and said cooperation with the Centre is about governance, not a BJP alliance.