Why is the PM missing in action ahead of the Assembly polls?

How long will the PM avoid campaigning? Without him, the BJP is like any other party. Without his charisma, the BJP is leaderless

- ASHUTOSH

A question that should be asked now is, why Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems so uninterested in the Assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir? Unlike in the past when the prime minister was seen campaigning with a killer instinct, leading from the front, this time his absence from the battleground is surprising. Except for a few rallies in both the states, the PM is missing in action, abroad and seen fraternising with foreign leaders.

Ever since he became the prime minister, Modi changed the matrix of electioneering. He turned the BJP into an election machine that became so big and efficient that it was considered invincible. Other political parties paled in comparison. None of the opposition parties could match the gladiatorial instinct of the BJP. The BJP under Modi was called a party that was always in election mode. That instinct seemed to be missing this time. Can it be said that the prime minister, after being humiliated electorally in the 2024 general election when his party 'unexpectedly' lost the majority in the lower house of Parliament, is in deep depression and finding it difficult to regain his past vigour?