Although the 2024 Lok Sabha election is almost one year away, opposition parties have started confabulations, exploring the possibility of a united front to take on the BJP. While there is absolutely nothing surprising about these efforts, the feasibility of disparate opposition parties – most of them confined to just one state – coming together merits deeper and dispassionate analysis. This is needed not just for the sake of analysis but also for the larger cause of voter education, to facilitate their enlightened decision.
Such analysis brings to the fore at least five key reasons why a pre-election alliance of opposition parties seems both impossible and inadvisable.