India, June 14 -- Even as the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has been making calls for opposition unity, rift within the INDIA bloc has become quite evident lately, latest in this being Rahul vs Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI(M) leader and former Kerala chief minister.

The past incidents that indicated fractures in the opposition alliance were the absence of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi on June 8.

The MK Stalin-led DMK had cited Congress' tie-up with the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) as its reason to skip they key meeting that was called to discuss 'current political developments and the issues facing the country and the public'.

Rahul's criticism of the Tr...