But if there is one lesson from the 2024 election results, it is that no one party can claim to be omnipresent. The two may have a national footprint throughout the country (as opposed to regional parties that are limited to their states of influence). But it is equally true that the national footprint would not be possible without the crutch of regional allies. For instance, would the Congress have done as well in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and J&K without its local allies? Similarly, the BJP would not be able to form government at the Centre and cross the 272 mark without Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar (Chirag Paswan is additional baggage that the Prime Minister is humoring for now, but I would not be surprised if Paswan is the first casualty once the BJP starts grooming its own local leadership in Bihar.
This is something young Chirag should do well to keep in mind, for the Prime Minister may indulge him with a pat on the back now and then, but Narendra Modi and Amit Shah can be very ruthless in discarding those that stand in the way of their own party's interests. And the local BJP unit does not get along well with someone whose ambitions don't match his stature. But, I digress.)
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