Here are 10 things you must know about today’s assembly election results

Assembly election results of five Indian states, viz. Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry were declared today, and here are the 10 takeaways that came out.

1. Days of Congress look limited

Even though it is back in Uttarakhand, but Congress has lost two more states, Assam and Kerala, which means that its days in the country are limited as of now. Presently, Congress has its government only in 6 out of the 29 Indian states.

2. Only central power doesn’t work

After losing Delhi and Bihar assembly elections, BJP seems to have realized that they can’t win everywhere only because of PM Modi. This is why local leadership is always useful.

3. Rahul Gandhi needs another update, fast

Congress scion Rahul Gandhi is having a tough time in convincing Indians about his caliber. With his return to prominence last year, which was named Rahul 2.0, he seems to have lost the zeal once again, unable to engage himself in politics the way he is supposed to.

4. Saffron is India’s new favorite color

Even though the growth is slowly, but BJP is surely paving its way into India’s heart. Winning Assam has made BJP come out of the tag of being a cow-belt party. With governments in 9 states and sharing power in 4 states, one can see how fast India is turning saffron.

5. West Bengal has a strange algorithm of its own

What worked for the Congress party in Bihar, fell on its face in West Bengal. While Rahul Gandhi was able to bring Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad together, forming a RJD-JDU-Congress alliance, he couldn’t defeat TMC (39.79%) even after a Left-Congress alliance (39.64%), because of the visible tension between Left and Congress in Kerala.

6. Age, what’s that?

While India as a country talks of its young population, Indian politics doesn’t understand this concept. VS Achuthanandan and Karunanidhi, both nonagenarians have led their parties to power in two important states.

7. Corruption can still make you win

Corruption is not the only factor that would decide your fate in Indian elections, and this is visible from TMC’s win, despite scams like viz. Saradha and Narada.

8. Incumbent or not, who cares?

Mamata Banerjee became the CM because of being a CM, and Tarun Gogoi lost because of this. So incumbent or not, it doesn’t decide your victory or loss.

9. Modi is still to get an arch rival for 2019

When PM Narendra Modi goes in for the 2019 general election, who is going to be his arch rival? This is something that is yet to be decided, because Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal, Nitish Kumar and now Mamata Banerjee have all emerged as possible competitors, but not all of them can stand tall in the 2019 elections.

10. It’s going to be BJP vs regional parties now

With Congress majorly out of scene, Indian would see a national party BJP battling with several regional parties in the future. So one can be ready to see BJP fighting it out with SP, BSP, Nitish Kumar- led coalition and other parties.

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