2019 is being promised as Modi vs all, but a reality check shows otherwise

In India's parliamentary system, the outcome of a national election is the sum of outcomes of contests at the state level and not a presidential fight between two individuals at the pan-India level

Since May 2018, one headline has flashed on and off prime-time debates – Modi vs All. It’s followed by fervent questioning: Why are all the parties huddling into a grand ‘conspiracy’ to bring down a lone Narendra Modi?

Now that the prime minister has embarked on his 100-rallies-in-100-days programme, we can be sure that we will hear more of the ‘Modi vs All’ claim – both from the man himself, and from the media bandwagon.

But is there any truth to that picture in the first place? Will it really be Modi vs All across the country in the coming Lok Sabha