Why did Modi panic after the first round of voting?
It is challenging for any politician to win the trust of one billion eligible voters. Narendra Modi has been dominant in the Lok Sabha elections since 2014. However, it appears his supporters overestimated his political charisma. There is no doubt that Modi will become Prime Minister again, even if the BJP somehow manages to win around 200 seats. As it is now in the public domain, the BJP has around three billion dollars in party funds. And that amount is big enough to manage smaller parties. Let’s assume that people did not vote for the BJP as expected during the first round of elections. Why are people not voting for Modi? What went wrong with Modi’s appeal? The answer to the preceding questions lies in the failure of the Modi government on various fronts during the last ten years. The reasons are well known but less discussed in the national media. First, the Agniveer scheme was a bad idea. Modi has yet to learn how many youngsters try to soldier recruitment rallies of the armed for