“My party has conclusively shown that the people of Gujarat have voted for good governance, development and a leadership that delivers,” said BJP prime ministerial candidate L K Advani.

There is no other leader in the BJP who can single-handedly win a state, and other leaders naturally feel insecure. Rajnath Singh had insured himself, by actively facilitating the declaration of L K Advani as the prime ministerial candidate. Modi and Arun Jaitely are trying to ward off any conflict. Modi thanked the “guidance of the national leadership,’ and congratulated Rajanth Singh for the victory. Jaitley said “Modi is a disciplined BJP worker and will remain in Gujarat.”

It is difficult for the BJP to replicate the Gujarat experiment in other states given the vast difference between the “laboratory” and the real world. But every BJP leader will now secretly aspire to do a Modi in his or her respective states. However, in the days to come, Narendra Modi will have more true enemies and more false friends in the Parivar.