Battle of models: Congress plans to give Modi a taste of his own medicine

Congress does not want the election to be about Modi, or the "failures" of the Modi government at the Centre

In 2014, the narrative around the apparent success of the ‘Gujarat model of development’ helped Narendra Modi capture the national imagination. In 2015-end, the ‘bahari’, or outsider, versus Bihari binary contributed to Nitish Kumar retaining his hold over power in Bihar.

This month, the Congress plans to invoke sub-regional aspirations to give Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah a taste of their own medicine.

The Congress election campaign, which will be rolled out from now to the voting day on May 12, will be two pronged – project Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as a symbol of