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    Politically vocal but electorally outfoxed — what 2025 has been like for India's Opposition parties

    The challenges it must confront as it enters 2026 are complex, layered and existential. The BJP would, of course, want to go beyond its avowed dream of making India Congress-mukt to a country that is Opposition-mukt, where anything the Opposition says or does has little national consequence.

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