Did pride, overconfidence bring the fall of Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan?

Many analysts and Rajasthan watchers believe that Raje's reforms and initiatives, though ground-breaking in principle, did not have much of an impact on the ground

Outgoing Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje refused to answer questions about her loss at a press conference on December 12, a day after the assembly election results were declared. This has been her general practice the last five years.

She rarely called a presser and even if she did, refused to take any questions. She only fielded questions – decided beforehand – when she decided to give interviews to select media.

Can we describe this as Raje’s arrogance, non-transparency or overconfidence that crept in after she secured a huge mandate for the BJP in 2013? Or is it just a manifestation of