Lok Sabha poll results prove BJP is original mascot of political Hindutva; Rahul Gandhi's wishy-washy attempts at it won't stick

Congress' complete whitewash in Rajasthan and Gujarat - besides Madhya Pradesh where the party has been reduced to a single seat - undercuts the carefully crafted narrative of the electorate's acceptance of Rahul as a Hindu leader and raises doubts over the sagacity of the party apparatchiks to take on Modi-Shah in their own turf