India, April 16 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s manifesto (sankalp patra) for the 2024 general elections reveals a party confident of another term in office and confident that it only needs to promise continuity of its policies to win over voters. On this count, it is more like the last Union budget, where the Centre refused to offer pre-poll sops but stuck to fiscal prudence and policy continuity. A decade in office and the hegemonic position it now enjoys in politics seem to have influenced the BJP to see itself as a party of government and craft a language that suits its new profile in the manifesto. The manifesto is also offered as the guarantee of Narendra Modi - Modi ki guarantee - where the leader is privileged over the party: It reflects unparalleled trust in the leader to deliver electoral goods....