Warning signs loom: What BJP needs to learn from 3-0 loss in assembly elections
What the BJP needs to learn from the 3-0 loss to get back on track for Lok Sabha 2019
December 11, 2 pm. As electoral defeat of the ruling BJP in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh became clear and another setback stared it in the face in Madhya Pradesh, a sombre mood gripped the party's national headquarters in New Delhi. Unlike March 2018, when the office was teeming with Union ministers and BJP leaders rejoicing over a decisive victory in Tripura, only the official spokespersons stayed put this time.
The reverses prophesied challenge for the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha election in the three Hindi heartland states that the party had swept in 2014, winning 62 out of 65 seats. The official line, though, was different. "We accept the verdict. But to say that it has
