Why assembly polls in Assam are important for BJP
The BJP looks invincible when it is the challenger to the throne, but seems vulnerable while defending governments in the states
Omkar Poojari
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The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) landslide victory in the general elections in 2014 was dubbed as a black swan event. Defying political pundits and their prophecies, over the last six years, the BJP has gone from strength to strength, winning several assembly elections — and an even bigger mandate in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Since 2014, the BJP has been keen to retain its strongholds and expand in the rest of India. Beyond the Hindi heartland, the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo has expanded the BJP’s footprint to Assam, Tripura, Jammu & Kashmir, and Manipur. This has prompted commentators to describe the BJP as invincible. It is true that the BJP has a formidable election machinery, but is it flawless? Is the BJP really invincible?