The reason why most of the dynastic forces are rattled with Modi because defeating someone with ‘Jan Shakti’ is impossible and before ‘Jan Shakti, the Dhan Shakti cannot win.
The irony is that the regional parties like BSP, SP, TMC etc., wants Mahagathbandhan without congress which congress wants to support because congress wants to defeat BJP.
Picking up the trusted old leaders who has always been loyal to family and have no or very less visibility on national politics was their default choice.
Congress fomenting the idea of third front government just to stop Modi in 2019 and allowing the third front to fall from within or due to the dirty politics of congress party will weaken the congress party further.
The success of the BJP in WB and K'taka in improving its vote share illustrates that there is a substantial section of the population which is fed up of such “regionalism”.