Modi's Varanasi army now see him as a liability

February 20, 2015 12:36

The Bharatiya Janata Party's novel strategy of creating an army of 'panna pramukh' volunteers to mobilise voters in every constituency has begun to crack. And the fissures are showing first in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's seat of Varanasi.During the Lok Sabha election last year, panna pramukhs were credited for carrying the saffron party past the finish line, particularly in Varanasi. Nine months later, they are a disillusioned bunch, resolved not to help the BJP in the future. Read

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