The ruling party matched the sloganeering of the opposition in Parliament where both sides heavily traded charges on the deal case. Both the Houses had to be adjourned till Monday.

Outside the Parliament each and every BJP leader is trying to showcase the Court’s judgment as an act of vindication. The party president Amit Shah launched a stinging attack on the Congress and Rahul Gandhi for targeting the Prime Minister Modi. In a press conference in party headquarter; he accused Rahul Gandhi for trying to jeopardize the nation’s security and attempting to create suspicion in the mind of the soldiers and the people. Amit Shah said that there was the biggest attempt to mislead the country since independence.

No doubt, the Supreme Court judgment has come at a time when the ruling party has lost three very important states of the Hindi heartland. The loss in the assembly election in three Hindi heartland states is being termed as the beginning of the defeat of BJP and Modi in particular. The worry lines in the BJP are now running deep. Although, it has been trying to put up a brave front but the BJP insides are churning.

Losing no time after the saddening verdict, the BJP President Amit Shah called a review meeting of the office bearers of the party. He exhorted them to single mindedly focus on the 2019 poll and gave them a clear cut message, ‘the congress may have won but the BJP has not lost these polls.’

The close verdict in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan is helping the BJP redraw its strategy for 2019 Lok Sabha elections.  And there could not have been a more opportune time for BJP than now when the Supreme Court Verdict has came.

Although Congress and the rest of opposition are contending that the Supreme Court judgment does not stop them from demanding a JPC probe in the Rafale deal. Still, BJP has reasons to feel upbeat.

The next four months are going to be crucial for the BJP as well as the Congress and the rest of the Opposition. BJP will be keeping a close watch upon the performance of the three Congress governments in the MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. And for Rahul Gandhi, the time will continue to be one of test and judgment.