Winner’s curse | The Indian Express

Winner’s curse | The Indian Express

Written by Partha Mukhopadhyay |Updated: May 30, 2019 5:22:35 am

The writer is senior fellow, Centre for Policy Research

Winner’s curse

Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh victories made the Congress complacent.

The Congress lost this election on the day in December that it won the elections to the Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh assemblies. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

“There is nothing in the world more powerful than a good story. Nothing can stop it. No enemy can defeat it.” These words were spoken on a popular television serial on the last day of polling, eerily enough, to clinch a series-ending coronation. They could just as well have been written for Narendra Modi.