India' state elections: BJP strategy working, Congress at a loss (Rashmi Saksena, South Asia Monitor)

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief and strongman Amit Shah triumphantly stated after local (assembly)elections results from four Indian states and one union territory came in (May 19) that his party now has a footprint from “Kutch to Kamrup”. The results from four Indian states and one union territory show more than just the rising popularity graph of the rightist party that leads the government in New Delhi. As noteworthy as the political ascendancy of the BJP is the decimation of the grand old political party, the Indian National Congress. The state elections have left it fighting an existential battle

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