- IK politics revolve around his personality like Modi - Aap politics on the other hand revolve around party policies.
- IK utilized social media to the hilt. IK supporters were mostly young, emotional and thuggish. The message was in lines of 'vote IK or.... doomed, destroyed etc. I see the exact same thing with Modi supporters.
- IK boosted his credentials as an administrator (his cancer hospital and NAMAL college) while Modi also harps the CEO tune.
- IK election campaign focused on the negative aspects of his opponents, now I don't know much about Indian politics (other then a periodical look at Hindu (paper) articles but Modi's campaign also seems geared on the same line.
- IK focused exclusively on himself ' vote me and i'll keep my party in check' 'don't worry about corrupt people coming in party - I'll kick the out if they don't behave' etc. Same seems true for Modi.
- IK's major support base were expatriate community, same seems true for Modi. Quite amusingly most expats used to gush how 'respectable' Pakistan will be once IK becomes the PM (don't ask me why
) similar rhetoric is heard from Modi base camp (how USA will come running down to meet Modi and everyone will know India has changed).
- Finally IK fan base was stuck solely on IK, PTI as a party or party policies had nothing to do with this. It was like a personality cult and modi fan base appears to be the same thing.
[Again I'm not familiar with Indian politics so its my opinion based on limited information]