Hardik, Alpesh and Jignesh (HAJ) and their support for the Congress did not translate into votes.
The HAJ campaign weren’t able to translate their support to the Congress in a meaningful way. But this will come to light when results will be declared on Monday.
It is not that easy to dislodge BJP in Modi-Shah’s home base, but its own dream of 150 seats will not be a reality.
The BJP had lost some support but a pretty aggressive campaign by Modi saved the party from slipping below 100 seats.
Modi is clearly the BJP’s warhead and on his home turf, he was able to exploit the “son of the soil” persona to the hilt.
The Congress has some good news: the closer it gets to 80 seats, the rosier it looks for them. They found a new Rahul Gandhi, a willing and aggressive campaigner.