This seems to be the season of writing obituaries for the Opposition. “The end”, “it’s all over”, “there can be no revival”—are common refrains.
The commentariat is busy drafting death certificates. The Trinamool Congress has been defeated in Bengal. Mamata Banerjee, the Opposition stalwart no longer occupies the chief minister’s chair. The Congress is supposedly leaderless and directionless. The DMK has been displaced by a new force. Narendra Modi, we are repeatedly being told, is invincible.
