"Gujarat se Dilli ka raasta Jaipur ho ke jaata hai (The road from Gujarat to Delhi goes via Jaipur)."
As for the BJP, despite all its talk of terrorism and communal riots, many of its leaders are banking on good old anti-incumbency to win Congress-ruled states.Says BJP general-secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, "Don't see grand designs though we will push the anti-terrorism line very hard. But you will see that at the state level, local issues dominate."
That's something all state BJP leaders agree with. Ideology is great for galvanising the cadres. But it's bread-and-butter issues people are really interested in. And each state has its distinct problems and social issues vastly different from Gujarat. Here is how the picture looks for the BJP in key states which go to polls next year:
