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I have not followed this election. Correct me if I am wrong. In Haryana I did not see much of Modi or Shah campaigning. In a way I am glad, Modi is not at the forefront of every state election especially now with him at the helm for the 3rd term. He is a captain of the ship and only should make sure the ship is sailing in the right direction. He personally should be not holding the wheel and guiding it. I hope more state leaders are given opportunity and only guidance from BJP's top team. The heavy handed approach of Shah in UP is what cost BJP the majority in 2024. I don't know whether Shah has learnt a lesson or this is pure fluke. Because I am still yet to see any decision being made on who will be BJP President.
From what I understand , Modi was requested to keep a low profile in the Haryana elections by Bhagwat himself.There are rumors that It's more decentralized approach this time and RSS was also involved.
But that's something we are saying because BJP won, maybe if they had lost we would have other explanations.
It's always murky guessing the reason why a particular election is lost.
I guess if our hypothesis is correct and the factors above are at play than proper decentralization and RSS could have easily gained 20 to 30 more seats for BJP in LS. Of course there was a scare of reservation strike down which affected the votes and congress did better propaganda and projection in general.
The RSS is keen on a few things going forward -
* Have an independent party president as opposed to somebody like Nadda or a Modi Shah proxy preferably a veteran politician who commands respect across factions. Chatter is decision will be taken by end of this year.
* Have Modi prepare a succession plan & gradually take a back seat in the rest of this term
* Finally Modi still has the last word on everything till date meaning he has the veto. If you see the Kanwal Sardesai jugalbandi on TV it's the old good cop bad cop routine. Same holds true for Modi & Shah.
* UP was essentially a clash of egos between AS & YA or so my information goes.This is addressing the points you've raised @concard