How the Congress engages with the SP-BSP alliance could also have an impact on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It may be difficult for the BSP to arrest the decline in its support base unless the BJP’s juggernaut in Uttar Pradesh is halted. This is also true at the constituency-level, when we compare the seat-wise BJP vote share with the combined vote share of BSP and SP. How the Congress engages with the SP-BSP alliance could also have an impact on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. All eyes will be on these dynamics over the next few months as Uttar Pradesh is known to determine national fortunes.

Source: Mint March 23, 2018 02:03 UTC