Normally, claims of parties of their victory before elections are taken with a pinch of salt. R. S. Mishra is not the hardcore politician but bureaucrat straying in politics on his retirement. So he would not risk to go completely wrong in with exaggerated claims that are disproved in two months. In addition two ministers from down trodden sections who had shifted their party base before the last elections also quit the BJP after the public disenchantment of the achievement claims by the Yogi regime in the month long ad drive in newspapers. T he draining of the state exchequer on advertisements in the news papers was wasted as defections from the state power structure indicates.

Though the Prime Minister appears to be earnest in his campaign for the party, it is not easy even for him to completely ignore the attitude of high and mighty by Yogi for three and half years in a fed belief that he was the sure successor to NaMo well before the third term. NaMo can easily bring the Sangh to harsh reality of its hold by ensuring the defeat.

He would not need to work hard to bring the Sangh down to harsh ground in Punjab .The minimal mass attendance at the first election rally of new coalition partners in the week before the election schedule announcement clearly indicated the trend. The vast ground remained empty with not even two percent of the expected crow came to hear new partners. The high drama of the security breach on January 5 in Punjab was, perhaps, to create grounds and justification for NaMo to avoid the campaign for the combine in the state.

The BJP was on weak grounds in Goa and Uttarakhand already. The party that ruled these territories for sixty years is not visible near victory. Goa, Punjab and in Uttar Pradesh new political groups are apparent claimants. The total picture is hazy but two parties with roots in multi states in the past appear to be trailing with ebbed magic spell of NaMo. He has become a routine roller.