What Gandhi’s Rare Win Over Modi Means for India’s 2024 Vote
- Swing state Karnataka gives some clues for the national polls
- Opposition Congress party, Gandhi scion retain some relevance
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A big Indian state election win has given a boost to Rahul Gandhi’s Congress party in its quest to unseat Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a national vote next year. But it still faces a long road ahead.
The victory in Karnataka over the weekend was one of the most significant for Congress against Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in major state elections since he took power nearly a decade ago. Now the question is whether Gandhi can build on that momentum in the five remaining state assembly elections before the 2024 vote.