The phenomenal BJP win in UP has established Narendra Modi as India’s Neta No. 1. PM Modi hit the campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh in top gear. From Mirzapur to Bharaich and Jalaun to Lucknow, through the 23 rallies he addressed across the state, his message was always the same: trust me, vote for me, I get the job done.
Modi went into the campaign lumbered with the liability of demonetisation but turned notebandi into a populist vote winner by repeatedly emphasizing that it was part of his anti corruption, anti-rich campaign. From Hindu Hriday Samrat of Gujarat to Development Man in 2014, UP 2017 saw Modi re-invent himself as pro-poor welfarist. In the Indira Gandhi style, Modi in UP was Read More
