2G verdict: Blow to BJP, leg up for Congress, as court acquits all accused

The CBI court verdict not only weakens BJP's anti-corruption plank against the UPA-2 government, but also strengthens the DMK, currently an ally of the Congress

Thursday’s 2G verdict is bad news for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as it prepares for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It not only weakens its anti-corruption plank against the second term of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, but also strengthens the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), currently an ally of the Congress.
 
The BJP and the Narendra Modi-led central government, during its three-and-a-half years of rule, have continued to use the 2G scam as the centerpiece of their corruption plank against the UPA government’s second term in office. After the verdict that acquitted former telecom minister A