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The decision at the BJP's national executive was not unexpected. It is still spectacular. By itself, the appointment of a serving chief minister as chairman of the national campaign committee would have been remarkable. But the Goa decision announces more than just that. It says that, having conquered Gujarat thrice, Narendra Modi will now formally fill the leadership vacuum in the central BJP, bringing to a close a period of prolonged uncertainty and ineffectual jostling in the party, much of which had gathered in recent months around the tragic figure of L.K. Advani.

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