How can Modi be beaten in 2019? Following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s byelection reverses last week, the consensus in the commentariat clearly leans towards a grand alliance (or mahagathbandhan) of opposition parties of the sort that humbled BJP in Bihar in 2015 and in three recent Uttar Pradesh parliamentary byelections. The subtext is that an …
Continue reading Watch out BJP, you’re trailing behind the UPA in your bypoll performance
In a fiery election speech in Munger, Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that the coming state election was a choice between "Jungle Raj" and "Vikas Raj", with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance representing the latter. https://twitter.com/TOIIndiaNews/status/652025659343024128 Modi cited widespread kidnappings in Bihar as an indicator of how lawless the state has been under Nitish …
Continue reading Does Bihar’s kidnapping industry embody “Jungle Raj”?
An average of three recent opinion polls (here, here and here) shows that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- and Janata Dal (United)(JD(U))-led alliances are locked in a statistical dead heat in the 2015 Bihar state election. This is a very creditable performance for the BJP. The party was long overshadowed by its partner of two …
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