An objective analysis suggests – the ‘caste’ has not died out. The only difference being Amit Shah as BJP’s chief poll manager, has handled it better. The BJP this time made a rainbow coalition of non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav Dalits.

 “Besides playing out right castes, there was a unique combination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image as a ‘Hindu enthusiast’ who is striving hard to develop India. And thus the game was in our kitty,” Allahabad West MP and now UP Minister – Siddhart Nath Singh told Eastern Panorama.

On the other hand, the Congress party as country’s principal opposition – on records - tried to “blame” BJP’s victory to Prime Minister’s “polarization speeches”.

The party claimed while Uttarakhand and UP were lost to the BJP – the mandate came in favour for the grand old party in Punjab, Manipur and Goa. Was there a complacency that finally led to Congress losing power to the BJP in the states of Goa and Manipur? Was blaming the Governors – Najma Heptella (Manipur) and Mridula Sinha (Goa) good enough to ‘save democracy’ in these two states?

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