Hiccups on the Home Stretch
Will the loss of face in Maharashtra, falling economic graph and rising onion prices take a toll on the BJP's prospects in the state or will local issues decide the verdict?
Having just swallowed humilation in Maharashtra and the embarrassment of a further slide in national GDP-which is down to 4.5 per cent-not to mention the runaway increase in onion prices, the ongoing assembly election in Jharkhand will test and measure the BJP's electoral standing. The NDA has lost power in four states in the past 11 months-MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. This election is also expected to decide the fate of some of the state's prominent
