Lessons The Opposition Must Learn From History On Unity |
Is the Indian Opposition alive? Rather, a more pertinent question would be: Is the INDIA alliance alive after the serious drubbing of Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal? In the same breath, one can also ask whether the Opposition is in a position to give the BJP a good fight in 2029 or if it will prove to be a cakewalk for the BJP.
I know it is too early to predict any outcome for the 2029 parliamentary battle, but the picture as of now looks very dim for the Opposition, and it should really scare the leaders of the INDIA alliance. The 2024 election results must have scared the BJP, as it almost missed the bus then. It had failed despite the BJP and its allies making tall campaign claims that they would win 400 seats. The BJP could win only 240 seats, 32 seats short of the majority.
No doubt it was a great setback to the party, but even more so for Prime Minister Modi, whose victory margin was drastically reduced in Varanasi. Then it was believed that the BJP might also lose state elections thereafter, where it had not done well in parliamentary elections. But state elections since then have proved to be a nightmare for the Opposition. It has been losing elections, state after state, by huge margins. Especially, the Opposition’s loss in Haryana and Maharashtra, where the BJP/NDA's loss had been taken for granted, was heartbreaking.
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