Number Theory: 2024 was a mixed bag for the BJP

The year 2024 may have been remembered for a national election where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power for the third consecutive time but could not retain the parliamentary majority it had won in the 2014 and 2019 elections — if not for the resurgence the party demonstrated shortly after, winning the state elections in Haryana and Maharashtra. This headline summary apart, however, 2024 has indeed been a mixed bag for the BJP -- India’s largest political party today. Here are four key questions which confronted the party in 2024.