Post the BJP’s victory in the Northeast, Opposition parties are scrambling around for strategies to subdue the saffron party in the coming assembly elections throughout this year. The situation was made clearer as Opposition parties lined up to support each other’s candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls. Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced her party’s support for the Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Opposition parties are clearly hoping that this united front will dent the BJP’s fortunes. Opposition parties need to articulate a credible message to the Indian voter as to why they are fighting together and what can they offer him that is different to what the BJP is offering.

Source: dna March 12, 2018 02:26 UTC