It could have been on his own merit that there was a Modi wave in 2014 and anti-incumbency that brought him power back then. But now, it is absolutely Chandra Babu Naidu's master stroke that is winning BJP.
The Big Lie strategy has all the hallmarks of a group of people who are inexperienced, at least in the Indian political milieu. Their approach is easy politically, grabs people’s attention, keeps the message simple and gets a lot of media attention.
“We cannot solve the poverty problem but we can definitely make the middle-class poorer,” seems to be the Congress motto this time. Enough to scare the middle-class.
For starters, Congress had some specific plans for the Judiciary. Little did they think outside some fake poll promises. Their manifesto is full of contradictions.