WHAT THE NEW CM IS UP AGAINST

With the Congress having only a slender majority (121 out of 230), it will have a formidable opposition in the BJP

The promises in the Congress manifesto—farm loan waiver, Rs 4,000 monthly dole to unemployed youth, reducing fuel and LPG prices—will really burden the state’s resources. The waiver alone is estimated to cost the exchequer Rs 56,000 crore

Law and order is another challenge: NCRB data shows the state has the highest incidence of rape cases and a bad record in preventing atrocities against SC/ STs