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    Gujarat Elections: The story behind BJP’s record win and what’s next for Congress

    Nalin MehtaBy Updated:No Comments1 Min Read

    ‘Aa Gujarat Main Banavyu Che [I have made this Gujarat],’ PM Modi had declared in his first campaign rally in Gujarat, at Nana Pondha village in Valsad district. Over the past month, over 34 lakh Gujaratis uploaded selfies and videos on social media platforms and Namo app with the slogan. The social media campaign portended an unprecedented landslide for BJP in the PM’s home state, the biggest ever victory in the history of the state since its creation.

    Gujarat verdict: The story behind making history


    By the time the incoming BJP government will finish its term in 2027, BJP will have spent almost the same time uninterrupted in Gujarat as the Left Front – an amalgamation of Communist parties – did with its record 34 years in West Bengal (1977-2011).

    Read the full opinion in The Times of India

    This article was first published on TOI |  Dec 8, 2022

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    Nalin Mehta is Managing Editor, Moneycontrol, Chief AI Officer - Editorial Operations, Network18 and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. He is an award-winning Indian journalist, political scientist and author who has held senior leadership positions in major media companies and educational institutions; served as an international civil servant with the UN and the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland; taught and held research positions at universities and institutions in Australia (La Trobe University, ANU), Singapore (NUS), Switzerland (International Olympic Museum) and India (Shiv Nadar University, IIM Bangalore). Most recently, he has been Dean and Professor at School of Modern Media, UPES University. He has previously been Group Consulting Editor, Network18; Executive Editor, The Times of India-Online, Managing Editor, India Today (TV channel) and Consulting Editor, The Times of India. Mehta is the author of several best-selling and critically acclaimed books, including The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World’s Largest Political Party (hailed as a ‘seminal’ work, No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller lists for 26 consecutive weeks in 2022, and republished worldwide in several languages); India’s Techade: Digital Revolution and Change in the World’s Largest Democracy, India on Television (Asian Publishing Award for Best Book on Asian Media, 2009), Behind a Billion Screens (Longlisted as Business Book of the Year, Tata Literature Live, 2015) and Dreams of a Billion (2022 Ekamra Sports Book of the Year Award, co-authored). His edited books include Gujarat Beyond Gandhi (co-editor), Television in India and The Changing Face of Cricket (co-editor). Mehta is a DFID-Commonwealth scholar with a Ph.D in Political Science from Trobe University, Melbourne; M.A. International Relations from University of East Anglia, UK; and B.A. Journalism (Honours) from University of Delhi.

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