Opposition parties on Tuesday announced that their grouping will be called INDIA, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, to take on the BJP-led NDA.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut attacking those against the new Opposition alliance name INDIA, a day after the Opposition parties met in Bengaluru to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2024 national elections, said on Wednesday that those creating a controversy over the name were not patriots.

Saying that supporters of Narendra Modi used to say that PM Modi is India, Raut said, “He is not India. Every citizen of the country is India.”

Questioning why people would have an issue with the name, Raut brought up how there were several parties with India's name in them, including the BJP.