The Congress cancelled a press conference scheduled for Monday evening, with general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh choosing to take to social media to express the party’s “gratitude to the people of Kerala” for its victory in the state, while adding that “the election results elsewhere have fallen short of our expectations”. The post on X summed up the day for the Opposition, with the Congress’s return in Kerala barely offsetting the loss of three big names across three states – leaving the INDIA bloc staring down the barrel, struggling to navigate a political landscape characterized by intense voter polarisation even as its leaders battle a credibility crisis. Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin, two of the most vociferous Opposition voices, were toppled by the BJP and Vijay’s TVK in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu , respectively, Monday. While the victory in Kerala was a much-needed respite for the Congress, it was at the expense of another towering Opposition figure, Pinarayi Vijayan .…