On December 8th, while the Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide victory in Gujarat, the Congress registered its first single-party majority in a long time with 40 seats in Himachal Pradesh. On today’s 3 Things, Indian Express’ Amil Bhatnagar, Leena Misra, Liz Matthew, and Manoj CG analyse and discuss the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly election results. They discuss the individual performances of the contenders, what worked in their favour, what worked against them, and what can be the takeaways from these results. They also reflect on the Aam Aadmi Party becoming a national party. Hosted by Anwiti Singh Scripted and produced by Utsa Sarmin and Anwiti Singh Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar ------The Indian Express has released a new history podcast show called Pages from the past. In its first season, hosts Adrija Roychowdury and Damini Jaiman explore the stories of five princely states that were reluctant to join the Indian union in 1947. You can listen to the first episode of this 5-episode season for free on indianexpress.com or download our app where all the episodes are available for free. You can find the links here:Listen to the first episode for free on The Indian Express website: https://indianexpress.com/audio/pages-from-the-past/ep-1-travancore-the-reluctant-princes-4/8307677/Or listen to all the episodes for free on The Indian Express app:iOS link: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/indian-express-news-epaper/id506351833Android link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?