When Congress and the other badly bruised opposition members sit and discuss what went wrong, they would need to seriously consider how to appease and empower the rural woman in their schemes rather than naively building a caste based narrative.
Looking closely at Sivaganga where the BJP is planning to contest this year with its star candidate H. Raja throws some light of why there is work to be done and every small effort to improve voter familiarity taken could turn out to be fruitful.
Though it did not matter in 2014, Tamil Nadu would turn out to be a crucial state for BJP to make up for potential losses in UP due to a the unholy alliance between the SP and BSP.