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Election results 2018: How will BJP defeat in states affect policy making?

For the BJP, the tussle over framing priorities and campaigning planks will continue till the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

elections, pollsVoters show their identity cards as they stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their vote for the state Assembly elections, in  Jodhpur
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Voters show their identity cards as they stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their vote for the state Assembly elections, in Jodhpur | Photo: PTI

Aditi Phadnis
The Narendra Modi led government has faced its biggest state elections defeat ever. How will this impact policy-making in the remaining term of the central government up until 2019? And in the silent tussle for primacy internally within the Sangh Parivar, who are the winners and losers after this result?

First, why is this the worst defeat ever? Because in Gujarat, the Congress kept snapping at the BJP’s heels but despite this the BJP was able to form a government with just a 2

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