BJP: Not just a 'Hindi belt' party; only national party of stature now

BJP, to a vast majority of Hindus, represents a little of everything: development, Hindutva and also only a little corrupt

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has breached the last remaining Left fortress, Tripura. In Nagaland, it looks set to form the next government with its ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP). Although, at the moment, Meghalaya is moving towards a hung assembly, BJP’s past records – in Manipur and Goa, it formed governments despite ending up in a minority – suggest that it shall leave no stone unturned to get to power.

The larger message, of course, is that BJP can truly stake its claim to be the only national party of stature. If one does not count Meghalaya as yet,