I will commend @PrashantKishor to be very candid and honest about it. I don& #39;t think any sane person will say that Modi isn& #39;t popular. He is across India less in East, very less in South, big in west and HUGE in north and central part of India. Another thing is there is no (1/n) https://twitter.com/sambitswaraj/status/1380707347702681601">https://twitter.com/sambitswa...

pan India leader who can take on him as of now. It& #39;s a bitter fact my friends in opposition may not like but it& #39;s true & so is the reason why there is difference of almost 250 LS seats between BJP & Cong which was very close in 90s until 2014 between two parties as both (2/n)

parties had leader of popularity which were comparable. Advani & V P Singh. Atal jee and Sonia G.

But mere popularity don& #39;t win you elections. That helps in winning when the ground is set.

In WB BJP don& #39;t have cadre compared to that with TMC.

Popularity isn& #39;t equally (3/n)

translating into foot falls. Even Modi& #39;s sabha in coochbehar was flop. Nadda and Shah& #39;s many have been. Ground reports suggest bjp hasn& #39;t done that well in first two round where they were supposed to.
Their booth management isn& #39;t very robust. At many places the booths are (4/n)

empty. Elections are won bottom up and not top down unless it& #39;s a sympathy wave like 1984 or TINA factor of 2019.

Popularity helps u win when you have cadre to support. (END)

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