Myriad reasons are being cited by political pundits for the loss of three seats of Parliament – two in UP and another in Bihar -- by the Bharatiya Janata Party. The recently held by-elections for Gorakhpur, Phulpur and Araria Lok Sabha seats have kicked off a trail of interpretations. And the most bizarre of them is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s camp has mainly been behind this kind of verdict to cut Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Praasad Maurya to size. This argument howsoever outlandish goes on to prove that Modi’s popularity has actually not been affected at all and he would not only be able to sail through the next general elections in 2019 easily but is also poised to triumph over odds and win with a huge mandate.