Principles and realism

It is inescapable then that by adopting Mr Kushwaha the BJP has invited the mess of anti-incumbency upon itself — despite not being anywhere close to power in Lucknow in the past five years. It is possible he will help the party win X seats but, equally, it is probable he will damage the party in multiples of X seats. Elections, those behind the Kushwaha initiative seem to believe, are all about the arithmetic of accretion. Unfortunately, they are also — and sometimes much more — about the chemistry of synthesis. 

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