In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives.
In 2012, the late Manohar Parrikar __(1)__ (move forcefully) to dominance in Goa with an __(2)__ (unseen before) majority in the state legislature, amidst an extraordinary annihilation of the political framework which had prevailed for decades. At the inauguration of his new, all-powerful government in Panaji— the pocket-sized capital that had been his __(3)__ (stronghold) since 1994—the __(4)__ (happy, victorious) consensus amongst the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national leadership packing the stage was that this “new formula" __(5)__ (gave a sign of) what would play out in the rest of the country. When exactly that happened in 2014 under Narendra Modi, it escaped no one’s attention, to the extent that Parrikar was compelled to leave the defence ministry in Delhi in 2017 to ensure retention of power in his home state.
Which of the following words fits the blank labeled as (5)?