COVER STORY
A pre-poll PM candidate hurts the polity, promotes personality cult
Outlook Magazine - 30 September 2013
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The BJP reinvents itself as a single-leader party with Narendra Modi as spearhead. What does it do to BJP’s chances, and India’s?
Of the 153 seats in 13 states, BJP can at best hope to pick up some 40 seats. On its own, it might gain somewhat in Bihar but Modi’s entry has already cost it an NDA partner in JD(U).
Of the 129 seats in these four states, the BJP will get less than 30 seats. What it will lose in Karnataka due to its diminution, it’s unlikely to make up in Andhra Pradesh.
Of the 101 seats in its four states, the BJP-NDA can pick up about 56 seats. In both Maharashtra and Gujarat, the room for improvement is limited.
Of the 154 seats in eight states, BJP-NDA can at best hope to pick up 61 seats. Uttar Pradesh, where Modi’s right-hand-man Amit Shah is in charge, is the great imponderable.
The RSS knows well that Modi can bring in only a limited number of seats. But by projecting him it’s making a calculated gamble.
An RTI exposes how the Sikkim govt has blatantly misutilised funds meant for quake relief
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Now, the RSS is the BJP and the BJP is the RSS.
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The BJP reinvents itself as a single-leader party with Narendra Modi as spearhead. What does it do to BJP’s chances, and India’s?
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Of the 153 seats in 13 states, BJP can at best hope to pick up some 40 seats. On its own, it might gain somewhat in Bihar but Modi’s entry has already cost it an NDA partner in JD(U).
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Of the 129 seats in these four states, the BJP will get less than 30 seats. What it will lose in Karnataka due to its diminution, it’s unlikely to make up in Andhra Pradesh.
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Of the 101 seats in its four states, the BJP-NDA can pick up about 56 seats. In both Maharashtra and Gujarat, the room for improvement is limited.
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Of the 154 seats in eight states, BJP-NDA can at best hope to pick up 61 seats. Uttar Pradesh, where Modi’s right-hand-man Amit Shah is in charge, is the great imponderable.
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The RSS knows well that Modi can bring in only a limited number of seats. But by projecting him it’s making a calculated gamble.
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An RTI exposes how the Sikkim govt has blatantly misutilised funds meant for quake relief
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