Given present trends, it is possible that BJP will repeat the Congress’s trajectoryAll indicators demonstrate that the Congress is suffering from a terminal disease. What is not so evident is that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is beginning to suffer from the same malaise. There are three major ingredients that determine the health of a political party in a democracy: shared ideology, dedicated cadres, and inner party democracy. This drama is being re-enacted in West Bengal with Trinamool Congress members, including some very important figures, being lured into switching to the BJP with attractive offers. The BJP is slowly but surely turning it into a mirror image of the Congress.

Source: The Hindu December 28, 2020 18:52 UTC