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.
The transmogrification of Prime Minister Modi to Saint Modi began with the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
By identifying himself with Lord Ram, Modi raised himself in popular imagination to a saintly person.