The march of Modi-Shah BJP continues as results from Bihar and bypolls show. Even the perfect storm of pandemic, lockdown and joblessness didn’t dent its fortunes. Bihar also demonstrated how a strong campaign, like Tejashwi Yadav’s, can scare NDA. It can neither take Modi’s charisma nor voters’ aspirations for granted.
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