Weekend reads: Analytical pieces on Maharashtra, Haryana poll results

BJP Workers celebrates their victory in Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Kolkata, Thursday. Photo: PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra

Here is the top 10 analytical pieces on election results in Maharashtra and Haryana:

1. The perils of pragmatism: How can Opposition parties remain relevant, writes Mukul Kesavan in Telegraph

2. 2024 is far, but first cracks in BJP’s ‘invincibility’ are visible, writes Sudheendra Kulkarni in The Quint

3. Does Haryana really show that voters vote differently in state and national elections? asks Shoaib Daniyal in Scroll.in

4. Menacing hyper-nationalism defined BJP’s election campaigns and voters rejected it, writes Tavleen Singh in The Indian Express

5. People have gently conveyed to the politicians that they are not dead, writes Apoorvanand in The Wire

Congress supporters celebrate former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's victory in Maharashtra Assembly election, in Karad, Maharashtra, Thursday. Photo: PTI

6. Modi’s glitter intact after Haryana & Maharashtra wins, but there’s news for Amit Shah, writes Jyoti Malhotra in The Print

7. TINA factor? Poll results show people are the real alternative, writes Shobha De in The Times of India

8. There is no doubt that the vote was against the ruling establishment, writes Rahul Verma in Hindustan Times

9. Pamela Philipose writes about the elections and the fog of misinformation in The Wire

Shiv Sena workers celebrate party candidate Eknath Shinde's victory in Maharashtra Assembly election, in Thane, Thursday. Photo: PTi

10. Two elections and a dent to a jingoistic edifice, writes Valerian Rodrigues in The Hindu

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