In any race, sprinters will agree, the advantages of an early lead are many. You are high on confidence, you set the pace for others, you attract early bets, et cetera. The disadvantage is just one: fear of a burnout while the finishing line is still far.
Let's hope this is not going to happen with Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi anytime soon. Patterns emerging out of recent news reports suggest otherwise though.
According to reports, the latest of his rallies in Madhya Pradesh, the first leg of his final tours in the poll-bound state, were far from successful. His November 18 rally in Bhopal saw a mere 7,000 people.
The sprawling Dussehra Maidan in Bhopal, the venue of the rally, was empty. According to a news report, a local BJP leader managed to mobilise a crowd of 2,000 students from a local college, saving the day for the party leadership.
Modi's other rallies in Sagar, Chattarpur and Guna all attracted a poor turnout, which, the report said, left the party leadership worried and its PM nominee upset.
An impact of this is visible in the party leadership taking extra measures to make Modi's Agra rally on Thursday a success. To keep the focus on Modi, the BJP has set up an exhibition at the rally venue in Agra, chronicling Modi's rise from a tea-seller to party PM nominee.
Those who attend the rally will also have another incentive - a mobile vegetable store, called the NaMo Vegetable Market, which is selling vegetables at a subsidised rate.
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