The BJP and partners won a points victory as if in a boxing match. The victory wasn’t narrow. But it was no quick knockout like the last two. Their rivals were able to land some punches, are still in the ring, on their feet, and fighting. Think of the 2024 verdict as a qualifier in which the Opposition earned the right to challenge the title holder in a kind of Test championship final. Watch Shekhar Gupta’s view in this week's #NationalInterest https://theprint.in/national-interest/a-jai-jawan-jai-kisan-trap-awaits-modi-in-a-5-year-test-match-with-revived-opposition/2172102/ https://theprint.in/opinion/those-who-said-democracy-was-dead-sit-down-games-on-in-indian-political-league-after-a-frozen-decade/2116798/ https://theprint.in/agriculture/94-of-agricultural-allied-output-out-of-msp-net-govt-needs-to-find-alternatives-says-sbi-report/2169991/