Hi folks, my thoughts on the 2024 election and feel that the implications are far-reaching including for my home state of TN. Yes, the results aren't what I and many had hoped for, but it is a minor setback considering what the BJP was fighting against which was complacency and a desperate Congress and its handlers trying every underhand trick.
Implication 1: The candle burns brightest before it goes out.
This election result is the beginning of the end for family run parties. You just can't compete with a cadre based org. like BJP. Earlier there was one Gopichand and now there are many, there was one Vishwanathan Anand and now again many GM's. Modiji is now that template, we know of one Annamalai a son of a goat herder who has worked his way up in a very difficult state. There are others who are working silently and who will become known as they climb up.
The election is now loud and clear that for a talented and ambitious Indian who dreams of becoming a PM, BJP is his/her only choice. DMK - No, SP - No, Congress - max you get to be a CM of a state. We are seeing the rise of a Meritocracy where class, caste or pedigree doesn't matter. Not anymore.
Implication 2: The King is dead, Long Live the King!
Reservation is the holy cow of Indian politics. It is what made 'Jati' a cornerstone of post-independence Indian politics and the Muslim 'veto'. Irrelevance of the same will ensure a solid forging of Hindutva ideology and ensure that the Muslim vote is forever rendered impotent. The opposition spread rumors that reservation is going to end and it did not do great damage to the BJP who did nothing to counter it. Congress was sent packing for lesser sins in the mind of the Indian voter. From this point on, reservation is a law of diminishing returns.
Add to the fact that JD(S) and BSP have openly stated their displeasure with the Muslim community is a big thing. Other than some sections of the SC community, it didn't even have any effect on the ST community and the results are there for all to see in Central India.
Implication 3: It can only go up!
Congress and allies threw everything at the BJP including de-frauding voters and still ended up losing. Their credibility is at the edge of a precipice. If it does go down, BJP's trajectory is only up and up.
Implication 4: No more Roti, Kapada or Makan!
I heard none of these staple things during the campaigns. The buzzwords were more about jobs for the educated and about exams. I don't have the data but i think Indian society has crossed subsistence level politics and is possibly a post-agrarian society (where the younger demographic no longer wants to do farming) and needs fast and massive industrialization.
Implication 5: Out of the closet in TN
The election results in my home state of TN was very interesting for the amount of money that was thrown to defeat just one guy. He still got 4.5 lakh votes despite all of that bribery. He managed to get for his party and his alliance close to 12% and 19% vote share without bribing voters. His party alone stood 2nd in 12 Lok sabha seats and third in at least another 5. The BJP has done phenomenally well in Chennai South and Chennai Central and that's something.
That is an astounding result in a state where BJP hardly contested elections even just a few years ago. Annadurai began Dravidian politics and hopefully an Annamalai will end it!
BJP supporters like myself were flying under the radar and dare not say it out loud in family. My dad and maternal uncle (an ADMk loyalist) voted BJP for the first time, and that was freaking unbelievable! My uncle used to get into physical fights with DMK goons and would often sport bruises and injuries. Mom still voted DMK despite all the attempts at convincing

. She for the first time understood Hinduism is also called Sanatana Dharma. ADMK votes are going to collapse sooner than later.
For a party that was labelled as a Brahmin party, it has indeed come a long way. You should have seen the vitriol in 2019, the change is such a big relief. And even more, the fear in the 'Dumeels' is palpable. The Dravidian polity for all its bravado sees BJP as an existential threat. Things in TN are just about to get interesting!