Bihar’s Bankipur, Madhya Pradesh’s Datia and Gujarat’s Manjalpur delivered a split verdict on Monday, handing both the BJP and the Opposition something to celebrate and something to worry about. The BJP lost Bankipur — a seat it had long treated as its own — to debutant Prashant Kishor, saw Congress snatch Datia after a late surge, but held on comfortably in Manjalpur. No single party could claim the day, and no clear national trend emerged from it.
