The BJP's sender victory in Gujarat leaves it with a resurgent opposition and does nothing to eliminate its troubles ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
On December 12, two days before polling for the second phase of the Gujrat assembly election ended, BJP president Amit Shah was a picture of confidence. “It is impossible to defeat us in Gujarat,” he said, perched on a sofa in the party’s sprawling headquarters ‘Kamalam’ on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, “... that too with a leader like Modiji as our poll mascot.” Shah spoke of the party’s deep roots in the state and predicted a tally of over 130 seats. When the results rolled in on the morning of December 18, Shah’s prediction of a BJP victory came true, but only partly so. The Modi-Shah duo did blunt the opposition ranged against them to craft a sixth successive win, just one short of the CPI(M)’s record of seven successive wins in West Bengal, but the party just squeezed through. The party’s 99-seat tally was just seven more than required for a simple majority, and only 19 seats more than the 80 seats won by the Congress and allies.
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