Congress Or BJP? Who Has Edge In Himachal Pradesh Numbers Game?
NDTV
If the Congress does lose Himachal, it will underline the size of the challenge facing it and the INDIA opposition bloc - formed last year to beat PM Modi and his BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
The Congress is on the brink of losing Himachal Pradesh - one of the handful of states it rules on its own - less than two years after it wrested control from its eternal rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The trigger - a shock defeat to the BJP in Tuesday's Rajya Sabha election that seems to have left the Congress one seat short of the majority mark of 35 in the state Assembly. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will, in all likelihood, be forced to take a floor test this week - one he will certainly lose.
So how do the numbers stack up? Not well for the Congress.
