With UP under BJP's belt, Oppn needs coherent strategy before 2019 polls

Opposition parties now recognise that the king on one side of the chessboard is ensconced

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BJP supporters celebrating BJP's massive victory in UP assembly elections in 2017. Photo: PTI

Radhika Ramaseshan New Delhi

Last Updated : Mar 14 2017 | 8:59 AM IST

With a little over two years to go before the next Lok Sabha election, some pieces on the national political chessboard have started moving, thinking up the scenarios that could evolve from the prospective realignments emanating from the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh.

Opposition parties now recognise that the king on one side of the chessboard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is ensconced, and unlikely to be shaken, although on his side there are no identifiable kings, queens, rooks, bishops or knights. Opposition sources said the Samajwadi Party’s and Bahujan Samaj Party’s rout in UP rule

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