From the Editor-in-chief
India Today Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie talks about the Phoenix-like revival of the Congress party after its worst-ever electoral defeat in the May 2014 Lok Sabha election and electoral routs in 11 state assembly elections since then.
Political parties and politicians have a nasty habit of resurrecting themselves after their obituaries have been written. On December 11, the Indian National Congress proved this maxim by pulling off its biggest victory in four-and-a-half years, winning the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. It won these crucial Hindi heartland states in straight fights with the BJP. This Phoenix-like revival came after its worst-ever electoral defeat in the May 2014 Lok Sabha election and electoral routs in
