Best of BS Opinion: Winning ways, the end of Covid Zero, and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s impressive performance in Gujarat, where it has defied a 27-year incumbency to improve its tally from 99 seats in 2017 to 156 this year, may well dominate the electoral narrative. But on the larger canvas, a more sobering reality is evident: Of the three recent elections, the Centre’s ruling party has lost two, notes our lead editorial. Read here

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There is a lot at stake for Russia in the ongoing Ukraine war, and it could cause a great deal of pain for the world, writes T T Ram Mohan.