After India’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the prestigious West Bengal assembly election recently, it had the Central Bureau of Investigation arrest four minister of the winning party on corruption charges.
Had the BJP won the Bengal election, one can only imagine how much more assertive they would have been. Amidst a devastating second wave of COVID-19, a BJP victory in Bengal would have strengthened the sense that the BJP is an election winning machine no one can defeat, regardless of what happens to governance and economy.
In just eight months from now, we will have a bigger test on the same count. The Uttar Pradesh state assembly election is the second most important election in India, after the national election.
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“I don’t know about you,” said a friend, “but I am ready for Rahul Gandhi.”
What he meant was that after Covid second wave he was ready to try even Rahul Gandhi as India’s Prime Minister.
Since Rahul Gandhi joined politics in 2004, I have never heard anyone say this. I have never heard anyone hope, wish, pray or even toy with the idea of Prime Minister Rahul Gandhi.
As a compulsive election tourist, I travel in Indian elections in different states, just talking to people. It’s my way of knowing my country, seeing corners I never would.