New Delhi, April 21 -- The massive wave for change in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections saw the BJP ride to power at the Centre by decimating the Congress to a record low of 44 and marginalising the regional players like the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Indian National Lok Dal, the Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal.

The 2019 Lok Sabha elections, however, witness a changed political dynamics with a resurgent Congress post the win in the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and a baggage of anti-incumbency faced by the NDA Government having taken away much of the sheen from the so-called 'Modi wave' that swept the country in 2014.

In the absence of a clear 'wave' in its favour, the BJP...