BJP seems to have lost its way
Politics played along the lines of religion, caste and creed no longer sways the masses
The proof of the pudding is in the eating and both the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Maharashtra, Arunachal and Haryana have proved to be litmus tests for the BJP's downward spiral. The Congress will form governments in Maharashtra and Arunachal but will have to indulge in a bit of horse-trading in Haryana. But in sum it is a good report card for the party ruling the centre.
Politics played along the lines of religion, caste and creed no longer has the power to draw the voters in today's progressive India. The promise of jobs, prosperity and economic stability is given far more weight. And though the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, a party that peddles the ideology that there is no place in Maharashtra for anyone but Marathis, helped the Congress by splitting the Shiv Sena vote, their chief Raj Thackeray is not a kingmaker, but merely a ‘spoiler'.
As the Congress gets a hands-on opportunity at re-shaping India's future, the BJP is an opposition that has lost its way.
