Another year, another round of state assembly elections. However, the BJP can breathe easy this time, after the humiliating losses in Delhi and Bihar. It is advantage BJP right at the outset. It has nothing to lose, could, with luck, form the government in Assam, open its account in Kerala and, in Tamil Nadu, and a proto-ally trounce an alliance of which the Congress is a part. For the Congress, it would be an uphill task to retain either Assam or Kerala, and avoid being left with Karnataka as the lone major state under its control. For the Left, two of the three states where it has a major presence are at stake. Today, Tripura is the lone state over which the red star shines. After...
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