State of Play: ECI row upsets BJP’s power dynamics

ECI’s credibility crisis over SIR has upsets BJP’s power dynamics with not just its allies but also former friends. It isn’t just the once-blue-eyed boy of the BJP in Tamil Nadu, K Annamalai, or former Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy or his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik who are singing a different tune. The ECI’s credibility turmoil and the fallout in the form of public anger against CEC Gyanesh Kumar seem to have also altered power dynamics between BJP and NDA allies like the Telugu Desam Party, led by Chandrababu Naidu.