A bloody nose.

In the recent general election in Pakistan, " Despite former PM Imran Khan's detention and the many hurdles thrown at his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), independent candidates backed by the party stunned observers by winning 93 National Assembly seats, the most by any party." With 169 seats required for a majority, Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) won 75 seats and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan People's Party came third with 54 seats. Perhaps, encouraged by the army, PML-N and PPP are meeting to form a coalition government and keep Imran Khan out. BBC. "In voting for Imran Khan and the PTI, the public chose defiance," "as it became clear that the PTI had swept Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and then romped through Punjab and Karachi with two-digit leads - which magically evaporated as time passed." "Amid all these bright spots, however, the fix came hard and fast - the system crashed itself; losers who went home at night woke up as winners in the morning; and the number of accepted votes was tallied higher in some places than the total number of votes cast." Dawn. "Pakistani-American economist Atif Mian...blasted the Pakistani authorities for the political uncertainties," and "there was an attempt, once again, to cobble together a compromised group, but no one had a plan to fix the economy." BT. "The unwinding of 'Project Imran' will prove to be extremely costly," as "the army had to resort to unprecedented pre-election rigging against former prime minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf." "Come what may, the army would in no case allow Imran to get out of prison," because "of his unwavering stand against the army and the US despite being subjected to numerous hardships in jail." ET. It is no different in India which "is a mother of democracy and a model of diversity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on the occasion of the country's 77th Independence Day." DH. Since 2014, when Mr Modi won an absolute majority in the general election (NDTV), "Almost 95% of the cases probed by the ED (Enforcement Directorate) and the Central Bureau of Investigation against political leaders are from the opposition." "The ED registered 5,906 cases until March 2023 but completed a probe and filed a chargesheet in only 1,142 cases - out of which it has disposed of only 25 cases, a mere 0.42 of the total number of cases." The Wire. Can we conclude that it has no proof in all the other cases? "During an event in Lahore titled 'Hijr ki Rakh, Visaal kay Phool, Indo-Pak affairs', "Renowned Congress leader and former Union minister, Mani Shankar Iyer, has once again ignited controversy by commending the people of Pakistan and referring to them as the 'biggest asset of India', according to reports by Dawn." TOI. Pakistanis have given a bloody nose to the Army, can Indians do the same to the BJP? Won't be allowed. Just as in Pakistan.