Did the Judeo episode result in Raman Singh getting the chief ministership of Chhattisgarh?
In Chhattisgarh we decided to bank on the collective leadership and as part of our strategy did not project any leader as a chief ministerial candidate. Mr Raman Singh was a natural choice because he had resigned from central ministership and took over as Chhattisgarh BJP Unit President and worked relentlessly for the success of the party there. Having him as a Chief Minister is an advantage. Q: Did you really expect such a massive victory? A: From day one we were sure about the results. You had seen the results of the three by-elections held earlier in Rajasthan. All went in BJPs favour. We were pretty confident though we knew that it will be a tough fight in Chhattisgarh and Delhi. Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan we were very sure. In Chhattisgarh, due to the machination of Mr Jogi and the demoralisation of our party as Mr Jogi broke our party, broke one of our MPs and had got our leaders beaten up and then the conspiracy against Mr Judeo, we were not that confident. Despite that we wer
