Is the regional wave over?

The "rise" of regional political parties seems to be an eternal theme on the Indian political scene. Indeed, it has become a standard trope of Indian political analysis to deluge readers with excited descriptions of India's fragmented party system and the multiplicity of local parties that appear to crop up like weeds after a monsoon rain. Observers also like to note the continued decline of India's two genuinely national parties, the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 

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