Dehradun, Feb. 16 -- The BJP and the INDI Alliance have been trying to make inroads into each other's strongholds. The BJP is presently succeeding to the extent that the components of the alliance are having to fall back and protect their particular territories. This has required abandonment of seat sharing commitments with others, particularly the Congress. This is being perceived as an unravelling of the alliance, though the possibility still remains of the parties coming together after the elections to form a coalition, if the NDA fails to get a majority.
Opposition leaders are jumping ship in a big way and, after Nitish Kumar in Bihar, former Maharashtra CM and MP Ashok Chavan quit the Congress on Monday and is expected to join the BJP...