India: Banerjee’s Big Victory Gives Opposition Hope To Challenge Modi – Analysis

By Yajnaseni Chakraborty

India’s opposition may finally have a leader capable of challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level in “Bengal Tigress” Mamata Banerjee, who handed the Bharatiya Janata Party chief a major defeat in a key state election this week, political commentators said.

The emphatic...