Narendra Modi’s managers, backed by huge corporates, have mastered the technique of “manufacturing consent” through a media anxious to tell a story, minus its complexities, by focussing on one personality. It is therefore quite possible that the just concluded assembly elections in five states—being projected as primaries to a presidential contest with only one candidate—will deliver a result echoing the exit polls that predict a big win for the BJP. A stronger validation for Narendra Modi can’t be imagined.