Meet Sunil Deodhar, the man who changed the BJP's fate in Tripura

'In the book Modi Effect written by the famous British journalist Lance Price, when Modi was asked about his Varanasi campaign, he told him to interview me. I was quoted thrice in it', Deodhar said

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have been contesting assembly elections in Tripura for years, but not only has it failed to open its account in the 60-member House, rarely have its candidates managed to even retain their deposits.

With a vote share of 1.54% in the 2013 assembly elections against the incumbent CPI (Marxist)’s 48.11%, it should have been a foregone conclusion that the BJP holds no chance in the state’s February 18 assembly polls. And yet, across Tripura, BJP is being talked about as the possible winner.

Led by Sunil Deodhar, RSS pracharak-turned-BJP poll strategist, the party, for the first