Nitish Kumar ditched BJP. Went with Lalu. Failed. Quickly embraced Modi and survived.
Chandra Babu Naidu used brand Modi to revive his career. Then backstabbed. Got finished politically.
Uddhav Thackeray used Modi posters to win and then ditched the alliance. Was bound to fall.
Narendra Modi is the tallest leader of 21st century India. No one can survive politically ditching him after using his popularity.
JDU learned quickly and survived.
Akali Dal, Telugu Desam and Shiv Sena are learning the hard way.