By-Election Results : Is the Modi Magic Vanishing ? By Deepak Parvatiyar August 28, 2014 The reversal of fortune for the BJP in the Assembly by-elections in four states – Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab – is a shocker to the party after its splendid show in these states in the last Lok Sabha elections. How can one explain the fact that the BJP and its allies could win only eight of the 18 seats in these states within three months of their conquest of New Delhi? Or rather, shouldn’t these defeats be perceptibly disturbing for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular for more than one reason? Is the Modi Magic Vanishing ? Already doomsday sayers have started attributing these defeats to the waning Modi magic – that the prime minister has seemingly lost his Midas touch as ‘achchhe din’ remain elusive! We remember the way the Modi tsunami had swept away the Opposition including the Congress at the Centre and regional parties such as the Samajwadi Party,
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