Overstepping his brief

 Modi's campaign machinery now runs practically independent of the party, with his hand picked men calling the shots and strategy.His re-take on the Article 370 comes out of the blue, taking by surprise his own party as much as the others.Clearly his penchant for feeding an aura for himself could continue to  out pace his brief as the BJP's campaign leader for 2014. Modi may well get away with all this and more and could even place his party within the  reckoning for power, post 2014.Should he continue on such an uncharted and  maverick course, he  could well  frighten away potential allies for an NDA -II,making it imperative for BJP to attain near majority on its own.The moot question is whether the strident individualism of Narendra Modi could end up in  ceding  place to a debilitated Congress, by default. 

    ( Published Indian Express Dec 4 )
http://epaper.indianexpress.com/193786/Indian-Express/04-December-2013#page/12/1