BJP poised for best-ever tally, Narendra Modi set to be PM, say polls
The Times of India, 25th January 2014
Narendra Modi could be poised to become India’s next prime minister with two opinion polls released on Friday predicting that the NDA will get at least 210 seats and the BJP itself would cross the 180 mark and perhaps even 210 in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
The real importance of Modi’s rise: A CM as prime minister
Dhiraj Nayyar, First post, 25th January 2014
The Modi Model, defined for the purposes of this article as the prospect of a successful Chief Minister as Prime Ministerial contender, is a delicious prospect for India’s democracy, federalism and governance. That is Modi’s real legacy irrespective of the 2014 outcome.
Election Tracker: BJP firm on Mission 272+, Congress wears out
Simantik Dowerah, First post, 24th January 2014
Countdown for the Lok Sabha elections 2014 has already started and it won’t be an exaggeration to say that the UPA and the Congress in particular are in dire straits. What is apparent is that despite an inkling of the impending disaster, the Congress has so far been unable to arrest this downslide. The BJP’s announcement of its prime ministerial candidate in Narendra Modi is only making matters worse for the ruling Congress.
Moditva is new mantra of development for UP
Biswajeet Banerjee, Niti Central, 24th January 2014
Uttar Pradesh has again witnessed the situation when people are ready to shed their caste identities. They are ready to come under the flag unfurled by BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. This is emergence of new era when Hindutva has given way to Moditva in Uttar Pradesh.
One-third of voters want Narendra Modi for PM – poll
Shyamantha Asokan, Reuters,, 25th January 2014
A third of voters want Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi to be their next prime minister, placing him well ahead of his rivals in general elections due by May, according to the latest in a series of opinion polls that show rising support for the opposition candidate.
