It isn’t always that a provincial poll attracts such huge interest. But the recent poll in the western state of Gujarat for constituting a new Assembly was entirely different. This was because of Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
While the outcome was a foregone conclusion – the Bharatiya Janata Party was widely expected to retain power – the nation-wide interest lay in whether Modi would improve on the tally of 117 seats the party had in the outgoing House. In the event, he fell short by two seats.
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