They simply didn't care. They cared about a number of elections and falling reputation of Narendra modi. Nothing else.
They efficiently managed to pull off this massive failure without widespread anger.
Words can do a lot of damage than weapons. Gandhi used it for uniting people into a good cause and this guy uses it for his own fantasies.
I'm glad the veil is coming off though. People are disgruntled that it's just talk and no work.