Opinion and commentary

Ahead of key state elections right in the middle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) popularity appears to have slightly declined, but no Opposition party is close to taking the numero uno spot yet, a new survey has found. The BJP’s loss is nobody’s gain: rather, fewer urban Indians now identify with a particular party than two years ago, shows the latest round of the biannual YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey.