State election results fail to move the needle

Results of the state elections that have been taking place over the past couple of months are unlikely to have undermined the BJP’s willingness to implement difficult economic reforms, particularly given its victory in Assam. But at the same time, the inability of the BJP to significantly dent support for regional parties elsewhere, notably in West Bengal, has set back its ability to undertake sweeping measures such as labour market liberalisation at the national level, at least for the time being.