ISAS Briefs

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Mr Narendra Modi, has won the elections in the western Indian state of Gujarat overwhelming all opposition. But aside from the electoral arithmetic of a majority of seats in the newly elected legislature, not even the BJP is a clear winner in Gujarat today. If anything, Gujarat has thrown up a long list of casualties, and while most commentary on the elections will focus on the winners, this piece will focus on the losers. In this election, in the view of this writer, the losses are more significant than the gains.