[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ince the past one week the cogs have been whirring in connection with the April 17 visit of Modi’s Man Friday to Nagaland. ‘All the king’s horses and all the king’s men’ couldn’t be more busy preparing to receive Amit Shah, the national Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief.
Amit Shah came in the limelight after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. He received kudos from BJP leaders for making the Lotus bloom in the heartland of Hindi speaking Uttar Pradesh.Shah’s strategy for Uttar Pradesh veered and gave more importance to Hindu identity and also harvested on anti-incumbency to end the 17 years Lotus drought in the father-son Yadav duo den.
Acknowledged, lauded and worshipped by RSS, VHP, BJP and the likes, Amit Shah is indeed the savior for the Saffron party in Uttar Pradesh and the snappy king-maker.
It is said Narendra Modi’s ‘stairway to heaven’ was built mostly by Amitbhai Anilchandra (Amit) Shah. Modi would not be what he is today sans Amit Shah’s contribution. Both Modi and Shah have a strong chemistry. They were in state politics till a couple of years ago when they have decided for the Chalo Dilli venture. In Delhi the Gujarati duo have overshadowed the BJP central leaders including L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and others.
Today, hypothetically speaking, if Narendra Modi has to leave office it is Amit Shah who will beat all the insipid BJP leaders in line to occupy the Kursi. A charismatic leader, Amit Shah has come a long way. He is only 51. His popularity is fast sky-rocketing. It is too early to speculate but Amit Shah, like any other politician, is not above the laid rules of game of politics—harbouring exciting thoughts to conquer the top post someday.
