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Congress learns from past mistakes, defections decline ahead of state polls

It could only mean that leaders there do not perceive a significantly bleak future for the Congress for now

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on Monday | Photo: PTI

Neeraj Mishra I The Wire
BJP president Amit Shah has a very clear head for realpolitik. It was revealed in one of the Manthan  sessions he had with Chhattisgarh party office bearers recently. He is believed to have advised the local unit to become more accommodating of leaders who come from other parties, especially the Congress, as the ultimate aim is to finish opposition off forever – either by absorbing them or by crushing them.

“The Congress is alive only in states where the BJP is the principal party. Look at MP, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka or Maharashtra. It feeds off the BJP. In all