Election Results Show State-based Challenges Against Modi's Rule

In the recently concluded Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party fared badly in three of the four states. While in West Bengal, the saffron party suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government; in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK government, controlled by the Modi-Shah duo, was voted out of power. In Kerala, the party lost even the single-seat it had managed in the last elections. The winners in these states-- Mamata Banerjee, Stalin and Pinarayi Vijayan- belong to different political parties and represent different ideologies. However, the public has handed them a very important responsibility, to provide protection from the terrible pandemic and also to counter Modi's 'Hindutva-Corporate Agenda'. Senior journalist Urmilesh analyses the election results.