What Maharashtra and Jharkhand verdicts mean for India’s top political leaders

Winning Jharkhand would have been an icing on the cake for the BJP and it will regret not getting Ranchi, but Maharashtra is the real cake

What do the assembly election results in Maharashtra and Jharkhand imply for the country’s top leaders? Prashant Jha analyses the verdict and its impact.

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political capital has been replenished substantially after the assembly election results in Maharashtra (AP)

Maharashtra has reversed the political optics after the Lok Sabha election outcome and dispelled any doubts about who remains the most dominant figure in Indian politics. Calling it a comeback is a misnomer because Narendra Modi had not gone anywhere; he had returned to office for a third time in the summer; and the