Badri Narayan
Congress and its allies benefited from making the Constitution a political symbol
Local factors undo BJP as party falls well short of majority; NDA allies JD(U) and TDP do well; shock defeats for CMs Naveen Patnaik and Jagan Mohan Reddy
The lack of cordiality between AAP and Congress was on display in the Punjab Assembly where Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann lit into Partap Singh Bajwa and the slanging match made headlines
At a time when the dotted I.N.D.I.A. alliance is struggling for some much-needed coherence