With BS Yeddyurappa taking oath as Chief Minister in Karnataka on Thursday, 17 May, the BJP’s presence across the country has grown by leaps and bounds. The saffron party recently won Tripura, and stitched post-poll alliances in Meghalaya and Nagaland.
With this, the BJP is dominant in 23 states, either by itself or as part of an alliance. These states, put together, make up of more than 70 percent of the country’s population.
The Congress, meanwhile, has been forced to reduce its tally to just two states – Punjab and Mizoram.