How Droupadi Murmu victory once again exposed cracks in opposition I HT Insight

The election of Droupadi Murmu as the President of India has once again exposed the deep divide within the country's opposition parties whose lawmakers defied their own parties' stated positions and voted for the ruling party's candidate. The BJP-led NDA has once again proved its political might and sent out a strong message that the opposition cannot stop Narendra Modi from returning to the power in 2024. Hindustan Times' Editor-in-Chief Sukumar Ranganathan decodes the implications of the recently-held presidential polls for India's ruling party and the opposition in coming elections in states and at Centre in 2024.