FORCE MULTIPLIER
Because he remains an ace electoral strategist, notching win after win, taking the BJP tally to 18 states in which it is in government directly or indirectly, including in the Northeast. The recent bypoll defeats, though, could be the first warning signs of fallibility
Because the prime minister continues to have unerring faith in his deputy, relying on him in all matters of policy and governance
DID YOU KNOW? He is deeply attached to wife Sonal and son Jay, whom he calls at least once a day, wherever in India or the world he might be in