As the trends from the 2019 election verdict become clear, here are my dozen quick takeaways:
1. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress fought with fundamentally different strategies. The BJP wanted to make it a national presidential-style contest. The Congress and its allies tried to make it 543 individual elections. The latter failed. The BJP succeeded spectacularly in making it a presidential election, with only one candidate — Narendra Modi.
2. The Congress walked into the trap deeper. It did not bother offering even a notional alternative and also decided to focus its attack entirely on
1. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress fought with fundamentally different strategies. The BJP wanted to make it a national presidential-style contest. The Congress and its allies tried to make it 543 individual elections. The latter failed. The BJP succeeded spectacularly in making it a presidential election, with only one candidate — Narendra Modi.
2. The Congress walked into the trap deeper. It did not bother offering even a notional alternative and also decided to focus its attack entirely on
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