by Harish Gupta, National Editor, Lokmat Group
Narendra Modi revelled for years as the self-proclaimed architect of the "miracle state" of Gujarat, till he woke up to his larger calling as the Prime Minister of India. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of course cuts a lower profile than Modi, though he is better qualified and armed with a consistent track record of imaginative governance. After the Modi tsunami in 2014, there was not much to compare the two men on electoral scoreboard, the BJP-led NDA having cornered 35 of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha seats, Nitish's JD(U) being left with only two.
