Amit Shah's campaign reminiscent of Sanjay Gandhi

Modi 2.0 has heralded the coming of age of Shah, and strong parallels can be drawn between his style of functioning and that of Sanjay Gandhi, the bete noir of the Emergency and PM Indira Gandhi's son

The first six months of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term have heralded the coming of age of trusted lieutenant Amit Shah. Without doubt the face of Modi 2.0, strong parallels can be drawn between his style of functioning and that of Sanjay Gandhi, the bete noir of the Emergency and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s son. 

Of course there are differences between the cast of characters then and now. Unlike Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi, neither the Prime Minister nor his Union Home Minister Amit Shah, come from ‘entitled’ political families. They have had to work their way up, dedicating