Another crucial aspect that has marked the success of the Congress is the ‘opportunism’ that people read in those politicians who joined the other major party, the Manipur People’s Party, just before the elections. That most of these heavyweights lost the elections is a pointer to that feeling.
But at the end of it, the people have expressed their will, and despite its seeming contradictions, they will be ruled by a government that results from that expression.
The writer is a social and political psychologist at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi
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