The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) win in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls — apart from its victories in Uttarakhand and Goa — is a huge morale boost for the party, as a lot was riding on the crucial state.
The victory in UP is not only a win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah but also for the strong organisational skills of the party. It also signifies that merely an anti-Modi message will not help the Opposition. Proof: In UP, the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance formed to defeat the BJP, along the lines of the Grand Alliance in