Why the Opposition failed on Friday

July 23, 2018 14:57

The figure of 325 to 126 is a vote of no-confidence -- against the Opposition, of course. Given these numbers it was not clear to what end the issue had been moved in the Lok Sabha, and nobody was surprised at the vote. Other than the Shiv Sena (and we will look at what its intent is later) there was hardly a thing that went wrong for the prime minister inside the House. Perhaps the real intent then was for the Opposition to launch its campaign for 2019 through this effort. Was it successful?

Aakar Patel examines it. Do read

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