The United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre, which is left with less than a year in office before seeking a fresh mandate of the people, ought to draw three main conclusions from the Bhartiya Janata Party's first-ever victory in a state in the southern peninsula, which has jolted the Congress more than the others. The first is that disunity among progressive and secular forces has created enough space for religious parties to flourish and govern half-a-dozen major states.