Shekhar Gupta: When a national party dumps nationalism

Captain scored a point by taking on Canada's ministers but Modi may use opening better than Congress

At a public conversation in my ‘Off the Cuff’ series last Wednesday, newly elected Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said several things that wouldn’t have made his party happy. The first was his reply to a question on his party's suspicion of electronic voting machines – that if these could be rigged, “some Badal” would be sitting there, not he. It was on a day when his party president and vice-president had led a protest at Rashtrapati Bhawan. 
 
Next, he said his victory showed that national parties now must accept the importance of having strong regional leaders. People needed