BJP PM candidate’s confidant Amit Shah says Narendra Modi’s leadership has generated anti-incumbency for other parties across the country because of his 'proven administrative efficiency.' In an interview to Palak Shah, he says if his leader contests from UP, BJP would make huge gains. Excerpts:I feel that it is the end of debate (charcha). Nothing else. These things don't affect me. I'm always at peace.The environment is good. The BJP will emerge as the largest party.Until the candidates are declared, we cannot say anything. If somebody gives any estimate before candidates’ list, their prediction would be wrong. But the mood is in favour of BJP. There is a wave in favour of Modi. UP wants change. But I do not want to get into this prediction game before candidates are declared.There is some difference every time. I cannot give you details just to make headlines for your newspaper.We have not decided yet. The BJP parliamentary board will decide. It is difficult to give a date.That is yet to be decided. Modiji will definitely fight the Lok Sabha elections. But the place is yet to be decided.How can we say before it is decided by the party?Even that is not decided.Yes, I can say for sure that if he contests from UP, BJP will make good gains in the state. But I would still like to add that it is yet to be decided as to where Modiji would contest from.The anti-incumbency against SP and Congress is so strong that there is no need to make a strategy exposing them. People have not forgotten the corruption of BSP and deterioration of law and order after SP came to power. It has turned the entire state against the SP government. In my entire career, I have not seen any political party in our country lose its popularity as fast as SP did after coming to power. SP has raced towards unpopularity and people have pinned hopes on BJP now. The difference in Narendra Modi's leadership will be seen in all areas. It has generated anti incumbency for other political parties in the country. We can show that the leadership of Modiji is not based on loose talk but proven administrative efficiency. He has given a concrete leadership to Gujarat in 12 years.This time, the caste arithmetic favours BJP. The entire Backward Castes are attracted towards us. All parties except BJP in UP have demanded minority reservation based on religion, which has angered OBCs. So they have pinned their hope on BJP.BJP has vocally opposed it. It is unconstitutional. There is no provision for minority reservation based on religion in the Constitution. Also, given the 50% cap on all reservations and given that Scheduled Castes and Tribes have constitutionally guaranteed reservations within this, another form of reservation linked to religion will have to happen at the cost of OBCs. We will not support policies that lessen or take away the rights of OBCs.If Muslims get reservation on the basis of their caste we have no objection, but we will object and oppose if they get reservation on the basis of their religion. There are some castes among Muslims that fall in the OBC category. We have no objection to reservations for them. Those who are Backward among Muslims and other religions can already avail of reservation benefits. We do not oppose any reservation to them.But why promote this idea of reservation based on religion? BJP is against the idea of reservation based on religion. We do not want to divide the country based on religion. But whoever falls under the definition of OBC and other such categories has a right to reservation constitutionally irrespective of religion.That happens from time to time. A constitutional commission keeps doing it and we have no objection to that. Even if some more minority castes fall under the definition of Backward Castes, they should get the benefit if the commission feels appropriate and we will have no problem with this. But a person getting reservation merely because he is a Muslim is not correct and we oppose it.Our competition in most places is with BSP. Both SP and BSP ran the government for five years in UP and public anger is visible against them. People have not forgotten both BSP and SP's corruption and poor state of law and order. The Congress is nowhere in the race. The public wants change (parivartan) this time, which can only be given by BJP.We will do very well in Bihar. People of that state are with Modiji. Nitish Kumar (Bihar CM) has betrayed the Bihar people's mandate. The mandate was that both BJP and JD(U) rule the state together for five years but Nitish Kumar did not honour this.The credit for improvement in governance should also go to BJP as it has worked with the JD(U). So it was a 50-50 effort. Even we should get benefit as we too were in the government. Governance has deteriorated after we left. Bomb blasts happened, Modiji's rally was attacked, extortion cases are on the rise...Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Delhi, Punjab, Maharashtra...in all these states there is a direct contest between Congress and BJP. There is no multi-cornered fight. See, where there is a direct competition, Congress will be wiped out.I believe that all that data will change. There is a BJP and Modi wave and this will destroy all calculations of others.We are fighting for 272.Naturally, every party will follow the people's mandate. Once people decide who will form the next government, all other parties generally respect that decision. No party will choose to go against the people's mandate.All this is hypothetical. BJP is fighting elections under Modiji's leadership and the party would emerge as the largest party with a majority. I believe that all other parties will respect the people's mandate. This is what democracy is all about.The Third Front is a figment of some people's imagination. India's politics has now clearly and conclusively moved towards a bipolar situation. The government at the Centre cannot be formed by regional parties.The Third Front is a merely a creation to allow some parties who cannot ask for people’s vote otherwise, to seek vote in the name of a Front.On this, a judicial commission has been constituted and it is doing its work. I feel it is not right to give statements in the middle of investigations.There is a kind of inaction. Policies too are inappropriate and the economy has also suffered due to issues persistently leading to the court.The UPA government has failed to manage the show.The economy has suffered a major blow due to corruption that has reached the court. Take for instance, the telecom, mining and coal issues.Since stoppage of coal mining, electricity generation suffered. Due to lack of electricity, naturally, industrial and other developments have been impacted. Then there was the Vodafone issue... Precautions that should have been taken have not been taken.So, in a way, the government was divided into pieces as every minister became the prime minister of his own department. There was no coordination between commerce, finance, industrial or agricultural ministry. Growth cannot improve till there is a effective coordination between these four ministries. Industrialists have lost confidence in the present government.Confidence can be built either on perception or action. The stock markets got a boost just because opinion polls suggested that the BJP would emerge as the largest party to form a government. As far as growth is concerned, we have proved it in BJP-ruled states and especially Gujarat, where the economic growth is 10%-plus for 10 consecutive years.Achieving such growth is no small matter. Therefore, I feel as soon as there is a government in Delhi which works with discipline and coordination, nervousness in the economy will end.But in the last 10 years, the BJP has moved towards the left on FDI in multi-brand retail, higher investments in insurance…To align FDI in the multi-brand retail policy with reforms is not right. FDI in multi-brand retail itself has its own plus and minuses. So far as BJP's economic policies are concerned, we will still follow the kind of reforms by the earlier NDA government.But on the issue of FDI in multi-brand retail, there are many areas where a proper thought process is required, which should gel well with the current conditions of our country.The BJP will discuss and decided on the issue when it comes to power. I do not want to comment on this as of now. We cannot talk on the issue in bits and pieces.The Left parties had significant influence over UPA-I. The UPA-II government could not do anything much for the economy. In the current conditions in the country, a lot of thought process is required and it is only then that certain policy can be formulated.Leaders of our economic research team are discussing various things. Our economic and other policies will be declared before the elections. Until our leaders finish discussing this, I cannot give out much details.I have not decided but will follow what the party says.It is not decided yet who will fight elections.