The BJP’s relatively strong performance in the state election in Bihar suggests that goodwill for the ruling national party remains intact amid India’s largest recession in modern history. Bihar has also been one of the states to recently implement labour reforms, and another conclusion from the result might be that labour market liberalisation is no longer seen as electorally-unviable.
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