A Gujarat gamble

The cycle of politics is brutal, it doesn't have the concept of a strategic timeout. I'd rather not buy the idea that Rahul's holding his fire until 2024

What does it tell us about the state of our national politics when the ongoing election battle in Gujarat seems the most underwhelming in two decades, beginning with Narendra Modi’s first in 2002? This, in spite of the fact that there is an exciting new player in the field now in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Some possibilities would look obvious. That people, especially those who believe they are the wisest, by and large feel that they know the result. That the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win easily, especially as the opposition vote is divided between the traditional challenger