Ruchir Sharma is Chairman of Rockefeller International and founder of Breakout Capital

A feature of Indian politics that allows the BJP to remain a dominant force is that the party faces no competition on the Right, author and fund manager Ruchir Sharma has said.

“Anybody who has a right-wing ideology has one party. On the other side, there is so much competition and that vote gets split,” Sharma said at the Express Adda in Mumbai on April 28. Sharma, who is the chairman of Rockefeller International and founder and chief investment officer of Breakout Capital, an investment firm focused on emerging markets, was in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express .

Sharma pointed out how in West Bengal, where he recently travelled for about a week during the Assembly poll campaign, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee enjoys widespread support of Muslims, but faces competition from smaller parties such as the AIMIM and the All India…