Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee on Wednesday questioned the need for the joint opposition to give itself the name ‘INDIA’ for next year's Lok Sabha polls, saying that no political party/alliance or leader should be made synonymous to the country.

Mukherjee, the daughter of late Congress stalwart and former President Pranab, made this observation even as she admitted that the name ‘INDIA’ was ‘creative and provocative.’

“I.N.D.I.A.-Creative & Provocative! But what if d alliance fails/ breaks up? News will be ‘INDIA fails, INDIA breaks up’?" she posted on Twitter.

She added: “No pol alliance/party/leader shd b made synonymous to the nation – literally or metamorphically! Our country India is much greater than any person or entity.”