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The Modi majority fallacy

The security of having a clear BJP majority has polarised Indian society

PM Narendra Modi addresses a public meet  at the inauguration of Mahatma Gandhi museum in Rajkot on Sunday 	PTI
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PM Narendra Modi addresses a public meet at the inauguration of Mahatma Gandhi museum in Rajkot on Sunday PTI

Udit Misra
India is well and truly in the election mode. The cut in diesel and petrol prices is a clear giveaway. Predictably, the battle lines are getting drawn with talks of a possible grand alliance among the opposition parties. On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which secured a stunning majority on its own in the Lok Sabha in 2014 — the first such instance since the start of economic liberalisation in the early 1990s, seems to be approaching the 2019 elections with the question: If not Mr Modi, then who?

Presumably, the BJP’s argument is that a coalition
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