Just when the CBI was trying to implicate Narendra Modi himself in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case by trying to turn the arrested Gujarat police officers as approvers and Modi's BJP colleagues including LK Advani were trying to put him down, the embattled Gujarat Chief Minister gave another indication of his unstoppable political march when he won all the six bye elections in the state to four Assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats thus mauling the Gujarat Congress beyond repair.As a buoyant Modi said, "The victories are like a public ultimatum to the Congress-led UPA Government to pack up."The resounding victories of the BJP in the two Lok Sbha seats of Porbandar and Banaskantha and the assembly seats of Limbdi, Morva Hadaf, Jetpur and Dhoraji were in sharp contrast to the result in lone Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat in Bihar which Modi's bitter political adversary Bihar Chief Minister lost to his rival Lalu Prasad Yadav.The Modi whitewash in Gujarat is certainly going to raise a fresh clamour amongst the BJP and the RSS rank and file for declaring Modi as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate to the detriment of Modi's RSS and BJP rivals who have been leaving no stone unturned in pulling him down.Now, Modi's appointment as the BJP's campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls almost seems certain.The victories, however, meant just another success to Modi as they came close on the heels of his successful public meeting across the country since his handsome Gujarat Vidhan Sabha win last December.His public meeting and functions at national level have evoked popular response, from Delhi to Kerala and from Mumbai to Kolkata.Significantly, in terms of political weight, these electoral wins have been very timely and could mean a lot for Modi when a series of attempts have been made by his rivals outside and within the party to stop his march by ridiculing his convincing successes and condemning him outright.First of all, these victories send strong signals to the bureaucracy in Delhi, including officers in the CBI who are under severe UPA pressure to nullify Modi, that the Gujarat Chief Minister was fast marching towards his national goal and so they be on guard.Within the BJP and the RSS too, Modi stands strengthened in his battle with his rivals amongst whom a new name emerged last week when Advani himself publicly tried to belittle Modi's successes.As political analyst Vidyut Thakar puts it, "In democracy, it is grass-roots public support which counts over every thing else. If you have that you needn't bother about your rivals beyond a point. And Modi has all along demonstrated that he has never lost grassroots public suport."What's more, even while growing at national level, Modi has to ensure that he is not losing support on his home ground. His latest victories have helped him to prove that he is more firm on his home turf than before.