Modi 3.0 not averse to doing a climbdown
Narendra Modi has entered the second year of his third term as the Prime Minister. His party possibly never dreamt of savouring such a long spell in power, except when Atal Bihari Vajpayee offered a glint of hope on becoming the BJP’s first PM. Modi has travelled much farther on the road laid out by Vajpayee. If he wins another term, the Vajpayee years might end up as a footnote in the party’s annals. Such is Modi’s overwhelming dominance over the BJP.