Modi: From pariah to messiah?

In 2014, Mr Modi was the leader of a successful campaign, not the campaign himself

In the parliamentary elections concluding in two weeks, one candidate, Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is fighting against some 7,500 candidates of various political persuasions in 543 constituencies — technically there are 542 other candidates of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), but in reality it is only Mr Modi that this election is all about.  Report after report from various regions, in print and electronic media, including many not BJP-friendly, confirm that people everywhere think voting for or against Mr Modi is the issue.  The opposition talks of little else.

This is extraordinary.  Not even in Indira