Why Modi Can Never Be a PM?

The petty one:

A giant-sized ego is roughly a requirement for a successful political career. The real problem lies in the policy of revenge that creates unnecessary enmity – most recently epitomized in the inappropriate upheaval of Sanjay Joshi. He had to be expelled from the party meet in Mumbai, prohibited from taking the train to Delhi, and then instantly expelled from the party.

Whatever private satisfaction Modi gained from Joshi’s humiliation was undone by its political costs – creating a giant public rift at a moment when an image of party unity was immediately required. Modi had earlier, most famously made sure that the crowds were kept away from a Vajpayee rally in his state to underline his power and to achieve a political point. All politicians like to settle scores, but rarely at the cost of their or their party’s – political fate. And being in the national spotlight, such tantrums virtually assure Modi a never-ending stream of bad press, making the great man look small-minded and mean.