After the Lok Sabha stumble 18 months ago, the spectacular wins in Haryana, Maharashtra, Delhi and now Bihar, Narendra Modi’s followers can believe his invincibility is back. And India’s politics is back to being a one-horse race.
It’s evident there can be no challenge to Modi without a rejuvenated Congress party. To be worthy of leading this challenge the Congress has to shed anger, disdain, even contempt for Modi and try some humility. Why does Modi keep winning and us losing is a good question to begin with. The best beginning to fighting an all-conquering rival is to show him some respect, not arrogance — Watch this week’s NationalInterest with ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.
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