What is the Full Form of I.N.D.I.A?

The full form of INDIA is Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. Recently, INDIA has been coined as an acronym for the opposition party alliance in India. However, as such, there was no full form of India. This term and the full form of India were recently coined as all the opposition parties concluded their second meet in Bengaluru on July 18th, 2023. If you want to know more about this, keep on reading!

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I.N.D.I.A.	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

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How was the term INDIA coined?

Bengaluru saw a meeting of 26 opposition parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. All opposition and non-BJP party leaders from 26 parties had come together for a second round of meet to stitch a united alliance against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired this closed-door meeting on 18th July 2023. It was attended by Sonia Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, as well as Nitish Kumar. The meeting saw over 50 leaders from different parties taking part in this informal discussion. Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar had been given the task of overseeing the preparations for the meeting. 

Does INDIA full form Exist?

India is not a short form and hence did not have any full form of its own.

It is a country that comes in the South Asian region of the world. India is the largest country by population and the seventh largest in terms of area. The Indian boundaries is surrounded by the Indian ocean in the south, the Bay of Bengal on the south east and Arabian sea in the south west.

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Reactions after INDIA Alliance meet

BJP criticised the opposition group and called it an alliance of opportunists and the corrupt. The party also held a meeting of the NDA just after the opposition alliance meeting. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the NDA meeting said: “Although India has a long tradition of coalitions, (but) those formed with negativity have never succeeded”. Taking a swipe at the opposition alliance, the Prime Minister also added an alliance based on “corruption”,  “compulsion of power”, and “dynastic politics”, is dangerous for the country. 

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