Banerjee, a gritty street fighter, could very well emerge as the leader of a unified opposition, complicating the BJP’s calculations for the 2024 general elections.by Sudha RamachandranAlthough India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made major gains in the four states and one Union Territory that voted in elections to assemblies over the past month, there is reason for the country’s opposition parties and alliances to draw satisfaction from the election results. In three states, non-BJP parties and alliances have successfully kept the BJP out of power.The results reaffirm the message from various states that voted in assembly elections last year. Regional parties with strong and able leaders are able to vanquish the BJP, and importantly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, the party’s chief election strategists and campaigners, are not invincible.Campaigning and voting in the just conclu...