(Opinion) India's State Elections: BJP Strategy Working, Congress at A Loss
2016-05-23 08:50:20 source：Eurasia Review
By Rashmi Saksena
May 22, 2016
"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.
The spread of the BJP can be measured by the fact that 69% of India's territory now has a BJP or BJP plus allies state government. Its main political rival, the Congress, has receded to a mere 14%. The BJP has for the first time made inroads into the Northeast of India with its victory in Assam, getting 86 out of 126 seats, opened its account for the first time with one seat in Kerala and bagged six in West Bengal."
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