The 2019 election: Lack of a national alternative means advantage Modi

Well beyond all the usual reasons offered by pundits for why the BJP may do well — the Balakot strike, nationalism, hindutva, machismo, the party’s deep pockets, polarisation — there is one bigger reason: the absence of a clear national leader to take Modi on

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