“It has been made clear by the BJP that truths and lies no longer matter in winning elections, as also issues of ‘vikas’, which is the reason why the party even forgot to publish its manifesto and “nobody raised developmental issues in the campaigns,” the edit said. The Gujarat poll campaign was reduced to mere theatrics, making emotiol speeches, shedding tears, and doing ‘tandav’ (Dance of Death), and in the fil stages, Modi became very sentimental by referring to “the people of the country are my family”.