Civil society's civil war: Battling inner contradictions, outer resistance

Not all 26-member INDIA parties are on board with the plan, but the prominent ones are

A ragtag band of activists and political workers believes it can replicate for the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc of parties over the next six months what the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its three dozen affiliates have done for decades for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), namely, work as force multipliers.

The ambitious plan has, from the get-go, faced contradictions from within and resistance from those it has offered to help.

Nonetheless, the Jeetega Bharat campaign has hit the ground running, something the Opposition alliance has yet to accomplish even three months after over a dozen political