The mandate
In spite of the Bhartiya Janata Party being unable to count upon anything as what would be called tangible achievements, it could capture power in three States. The results in favour of the party are not because people rested their confidence in the BJP but purely because the Opposition could not come together. The interest, the motivation and the confidence that the INDIA alliance can create in its formation is not sustained in its functioning. The components of INDIA stood aside in all the five States. The results should sensitise the Opposition parties to course correct and forge a united fight to try and change the political picture.
A.G. Rajmohan,
