New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- In a speech that was turned into a "victory speech" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he left little to imagination at the BJP headquarters on Thursday.

The Prime Minister showering praise on Manohar Lal Khattar leaves little doubt that the BJP will stake claim to make him the Chief Minister of Haryana again.

But the overarching theme of a relatively short speech by Modi has been making a contrast between and after 2014, when he came on to the national scene.

"We could hardly contest in any seat in Haryana earlier. We used to play second fiddle. How many seats did BJP fight and which constituencies were determined by our alliance partner pre-2014? If we would win 10 seats, it would be our good fortune," Modi said....