Back to the drawing board
Despite the unbearable June summer, the national BJP headquarters at Delhi's Deen Dayal UpadhÂyaya Marg is bustling with activity. The opposition victory in Karnataka and the BJP's poor show in the subsequent bypolls in other states have failed to dampen the spirit of party workers.
There is little time to be spent on introspection. The instruction from the top brass is clear the party must prepare for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, keeping in mind the changed political scenario.
The united opposition has found chinks in the BJP's Uttar Pradesh armour and trumped the saffron party in three constituencies in the state this year. The BJP, too, believes that the index of unity against it is high and productive in UP, the state which sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha.
UP is certainly an area of worry, says a party leader. But in other states, opposition unity will create a positive emotional impact for Narendra Modi and may end up uniting people against those who are bent upon uprooting the honest prime minister.
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