While the BJP's own assessment doesn’t predict a 2017 like sweep, the inference from the exit poll could be that the Modi-Yogi administrative and Hindutva double-engine has done well on the ground for a 'BJP phir ek baar' (BJP once again) verdict.
There are some very compelling reasons why the saffron party that has thrived on Hindutva elements, episodes and movements didn’t go for an easy-to-deploy move from the kamandal (religious) playbook and instead, through its first list of candidates for Uttar Pradesh polls, chose to stick to the “Mandal” or caste playbook.