The Gujarat referendum

The results of the Gujarat polls are still a little while away, but one outcome can be safely predicted. The winner will not be the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP), although it will form the next government in all likelihood. No, this is not a typo, nor have I taken leave of my senses. The state Assembly election is, in effect, a referendum on its chief minister of the last decade, Narendra Modi, that he is most likely to win. The usual disclaimer to such statements is “barring unforeseen events”, but in this fortnight of elections...

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