While the BJP may not be able to write off Narendra Modi just as yet, the party seems to have realised that he is past his peak, and his brand value has eroded
In Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed, “We have finished Modi psychologically. I sit in front of him in Parliament and I know his confidence is gone.” Can this be dismissed as mere rhetoric? Several indicators suggest that Modi is aware of being on unstable ground and increasingly worried about a slide in his public image. In the upcoming state elections, he is not the mascot of the party as in the past.
The nervousness of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is most evident in J&K. Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s reaction to the Congress-National Conference pre-electoral alliance in the Union Territory, that this could push the region into an “era of unrest and terrorism”, spoke volumes. The resurrection of Ram Madhav, who had been left in the wilderness four years ago, to handle the J&K election also shows how desperate the BJP is.
Old party hands are being denied tickets, and those who have jumped ship from other parties are accommodated as party candidates….
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/weakened-modi-no-longer-bjps-election-mascot-3179534
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