Q-Opeds: The Quint’s Analysis of Assembly Elections 2016 and More

What explains Mamata’s comeback? Which section voted en masse in Assam in BJP’s favour? Read Q-Opeds to find out.

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The Quint brings you a collection of articles and analytical pieces from its Opinion page from the week gone by.

This week, we dug deep into state assembly election results, looking at Mamata Banerjee and Jayalaithaa’s resounding comeback, and also BJP’s first victory into Assam.

Chandy vs Chennithala Cost Congress Kerala Says Shashi Tharoor

Lok Sabha MP and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor writes why the party lost in Kerala despite the development work done by Oommen Chandy’s government.

Factionalism is what explains the defeat of the Grand Old Party in Kerala, writes Tharoor. The Congress leader also had a word of advice for BJP to not harp on the plank of ‘Hindu consolidation’ for making inroads in the state.

You can read the complete article here.

What Explains Mamata Victory

Senior journalist Arati R Jerath wrote how a personality-driven campaign worked in favour of Mamata in Bengal, with people rewarding Didi for the development work done in state.

What is appalling is the dire state of the Left in its home turf where people still harbour pathological hatred for the party, wrote Jerath.

BJP workers celebrate their party’s victory in the recently concluded Assam assembly polls, in Bengaluru, on May 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS)

M-Factor in Assam

One of the most popular reads on The Quint this week was an analytical piece by senior journalist Anuraag Baruah who wrote on how the indigenous Muslims threw their weight behind BJP in Assam.

Jaya Defies All Odds

Former CBI Director and a Chennaite himself, RK Raghavan wrote on the madness that followed the resounding victory of Amma in Tamil Nadu.

The Quint Interviews Republican Duncan Hunter

And if you have had enough of desi rajneeti then add a tadka of international politics as well, as Anirudh Bhattacharyya caught up with Republican Duncan Hunter and asks him about Trump’s vision for South Asia.

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