On Left, Right and Centre, as the BJP looks all set to form or be part of governments in all three northeastern states that went to polls last month, unlikely allies Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party forge an arrangement for the UP bypolls and Chief Ministers KCR of Telangana and Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal explore a third front. We debate: has the Congress become irrelevant in the countdown to the 2019 general elections?
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