How the lotus can bloom

For a fleeting half hour early on March 6 - when the party seemed to be running neck-and-neck with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh - it appeared the BJP's rejuvenation would be the surprise story of verdict day. It was a false dawn. As the dust settles on the quintet of state elections, the news for India's national opposition party is only a trifle less unsettling than it is for the ruling party.

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