Saffron fading; Indian politics.(India's opposition fares badly)
Economist (US), The, May, 2007
The Hindu nationalists are struggling for leadership and direction
WHEN a party dominated by dalits--those former wretches known as "untouchables"--swept to power in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on May 11th, the lamentable performance of India's ruling Congress party made headlines. Congress's campaign in UP had been run by Rahul Gandhi, a glamorous member of the family that has ruled both party and country. His failure to improve its abysmal fortunes in UP, India's biggest state, suggested that Indians are out-of-love with dynastic politics. But significant as this was, there was a bigger casualty of the vote: the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mr Gandhi at least maintained Congress's toehold in UP, winning 22 of 402 seats. The BJP's leader,...
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