Opinion: Diversity In Unity - After Arvind Kejriwal, Nitish Kumar, Mamata Banerjee Skip Joint INDIA Briefing
NDTV
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump in sport. The conglomerate of 28 parties with a pretentious and confusing name, I.N.D.I.A (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) seems to be afflicted by hops and skips of key participants, all Chief Ministers and leaders of prominent state parties, prior to the alliance jumping to emerge as a viable alternative to Narendra Modi and his NDA (National Democratic Alliance).
Each of its three conclaves has been marked by a prominent party chief who is also a Chief Minister throw tantrums and hop out at the end, skipping the grand finale.
In Patna, Arvind Kejriwal left prior to the joint media briefing as he had a "flight to catch". Nitish Kumar, accompanied by Lalu Yadav and his son Tejashwi, similarly rushed back to Patna. In Mumbai, Mamata Banerjee, accompanied by nephew Abhishek Banerjee and party leader Derek O'Brien dashed to Kolkata, skipping the media interaction by other leaders of I.N.D.I.A.