Party’s poll results in Kerala and Assam will decide its place in opposition – is it first among equals, or not? Until that wrangle is settled, opposition INDIA bloc will remain listless
Elections in Assam, TN, Kerala and WB might, finally, help resolve national opposition’s core dilemma. Will INDIA bloc evolve into a jointly led ‘coalition of equals’, or into a Congress-led front, as ‘first among equals’? Until this is resolved, opposition will likely remain in limbo, or “on life support”, as J&K CM Omar Abdullah put it.