By keeping the Sanatana Dharma row alive and adding the Ayodhya temple consecration scheduled for January 22 and adding the free darshan promise from four polled states to the entire country, the BJP may have a self-fulfilling concoction, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.
Narendra D Modi and his party campaigned in these elections uncharacteristically without any big ideas.
Of course, winning each election at all costs could be a big idea as well, observes Shekhar Gupta.
He had also served as the Chief of Bureau at the Press Trust of India's headquarters in Delhi before superannuating in 2018 as Senior Associate Editor.