Hiral Devrajbhai Dave

Chai pe Charcha programmes were organised to help Modi’s beginnings as a 'tea vendor'.

Sources in the CMO maintain that Modi is likely to take one or two officers to Delhi on deputation.

Anandi Patel, 74, the second most important minister holding revenue, urban development, roads and building portfolios, is widely perceived as the chosen one.

Thumping majority in UP has solidified the position of UP poll campaign in-charge and Modi's close confidante Amit Shah.

In Gujarat, Patels are the richest farmers and landowners and have been BJP voters since the 1980s.

'Advani like my father, has always guided me’.

Senior BJP leaders, like party general secretary Vijay Rupani, believe that Modi’s candidature itself will help the BJP to pull more voters to the booth.

For a leader of Advani’s stature, the response to his bike rally was light, the crowds thin, and their chants largely about Modi.

A group of senior citizens, who had pre-scheduled a meet at the location, allowed Jayant to preside over.

But the legal struggle, that she has been fighting for 11 long years, is not likely to end.