Deep Throat

Gujarat
Still Steering Clear

Is Gujarat headed for early elections? PM Narendra Modi’s first public meeting in his home state this week has become the subject of intense speculation in this regard. Modi, who was in Rajkot, Gujarat, on August 30 to inaugurate the first phase of the Saurashtra-Narmada Avatarn Irrigation (SAUNI) yojana, steered clear of all controversial subjects. In his 40-minute address delivered in Gujarati, he spoke only about development. Only 57.67 km of the total 1,126-km pipeline envisaged in this ambitious scheme targeted for completion one year from now has been completed.