Paradoxical it may seem, but the landslide victories of the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, first in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections, and now in the politically important Municipal Corporation of Delhi may not hold Modi and the BJP in good stead when it comes to the most important electoral battle -- the next general election which is due in exactly two years from now.

The reasons are many. First of all, the Modi-led BJP is peaking too early, to use a cricketing term. Read the incisive column by Rajeev Sharma on Rediff.com.