Welcome to Foreign Policy's South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ousts the opposition in three key state elections, India's right-wing ruling party scores a resounding victory in regional elections, India's ruling Hindu nationalist party wins in three of four state elections, Vote counting begins in four Indian states as a test of strength for India's opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata party strengthens its position with state poll victories, The Indian National Congress gains crucial ground in Southern states in the assembly elections of 2023, BJP rival party Indian National Congress loses votes due to ideological clarity issues, The Congress Party aims to empower disenfranchised groups through a national census, India's ruling party leads in three key states as opposition faces defeat in two.