Message from bypolls is that leadership matters, from Uddhav to Mamata to Himanta
By-elections are normally about local factors. On the whole they favour the ruling party in the state. It’s when the results are different that they attract attention.
There are several takeaways from the just-concluded bypolls to 30 state assemblies and three Lok Sabha constituencies in 13 states. The rise of Congress in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka at the cost of incumbent BJP has naturally cheered up Congress and pressed panic buttons in BJP. But BJP and its allies have swept in Assam and the Northeast of India.
There are several takeaways from the just-concluded bypolls to 30 state assemblies and three Lok Sabha constituencies in 13 states. The rise of Congress in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka at the cost of incumbent BJP has naturally cheered up Congress and pressed panic buttons in BJP. But BJP and its allies have swept in Assam and the Northeast of India.