Apropos the editorial "Lessons from two elections" (December 24), the Bharatiya Janata Party's rise and Congress' downfall started from the Lok Sabha elections, and have continued unabated in the Jharkhand and Jammu & Kashmir Assembly polls.
Although the Bharatiya Janata Party got less number of seats in Jharkhand than it was expecting and couldn't achieve its 44-plus mission in Jammu & Kashmir, it has emerged as the second largest party and kingmaker.
For the first time in its 14 years of existence, Jharkhand is going to have a stable government. The result in Jharkhand is a big jolt for the alliance of adversaries - the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United) - that was against the Bharatiya Janata Party. People in both the states have voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda of development. It brings more responsibility on Modi to push his agenda of development. However, in Jammu & Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party still has to walk a few extra miles to win over the people.
M C Joshi Lucknow
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