New Delhi, June 8 -- Senior Janata Dal (United) leader, Sanjay Jha has blamed TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal for the collapse of cohesion within the Opposition's INDIA bloc.

Jha, JD(U) working president, alleged that the two leaders derailed a consensus plan to appoint former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the alliance's convener in 2023. Nitish Kumar was part of INDIA bloc till he switched to the BJP in January 2024.

In an interview, Jha, known as close confidant of Nitish Kumar, claimed that a broad agreement had been reached within the Opposition alliance on elevating Kumar to the post, but the move was thwarted during a key meeting held in Patna in June 2023.

"Two people destroyed the In...