Majority Reiterates “Modi” ‘Thumping majority’ came handy in 2014 but heavier adjectives shall be needed to upgrade the description of the Modi government’s second coming. For now, all that’s left to do is to deconstruct the mandate that shall begin soon to carve the fate of India. The Democracy Toolkit Political scientist Suhas Palshikar writes on the things the new government should keep in mind to ensure the democracy remains vibrant Out Their Way Out This was perhaps the last election for many stalwarts, some of who impacted India’s politics to bring it to where it is now. Some of them were sidelined by new party leadership. The NSWE Scale While the northern and eastern states were largely unanimous—barring Punjab—in voting for the BJP, some of the others held their own mandates. A regionwise study of the polls.