Big joke party

The worse India’s government fares, the more the main opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), should celebrate. It is the only other party with anything close to a national appeal, now that India’s Communists are all but defunct. State-level political figures are getting stronger, but none has a pan-Indian following. The ruling Congress party is being dragged down by a poor showing in recent state polls, by slower economic growth and an endless stream of scandals (most recently, dodgy coal privatisation and military procurement).

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