Narendra Modi will win 2019 elections as there is no alternative. Really?

Though the BJP is touting that there is no alternative to the Modi team in 2019, India's political history proves a different story

Even among political analysts who believe that the performance of the Narendra Modi government has been unsatisfactory, few seem to believe the Bharatiya Janata Party won’t return to power. The anti-incumbency factor against this government won’t crystallise, they argue, in the absence of an alternative leader who can match the national popularity and stature of the prime minister.

The BJP, of course, has made the ‘there is no alternative’ or TINA factor a central poll plank, contrasting the fragmented, contradictory nature of the incipient opposition alliance with the strong, unified leadership under Modi.

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in April