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Can Congress stop Modi in Gujarat this time?

New Delhi, Oct 6: with the EC announcing dates for Gujarat assembly elections, the political temperature has suddenly gone up not only in Gujarat but the entire country.  The reason being that this is not

Raj Singh Published : Oct 05, 2012 12:51 IST, Updated : Nov 03, 2012 17:33 IST
In 2007, Keshubhai's absence from the country also helped Modi in consolidating Patel votes.If Keshubhai succeeds in bringing the two factions of Patels under one roof then Modi will be in real trouble.
 
According to an estimate,out of 6 crore Gujaratis, one crore belong to Patel  community any political churning in this community can mahe or break the electoral prospects of any political party.

According to some reports, Keshubhai has got tacit support of some BJP bigwigs who are not comfortable with Modi's meteoric rise and the prospects of his emergence as BJP's PM candidate but all this will not have any impact on voting pattern.

In 2007 elections, out of 182 assembly seats, BJP got 117 seats and 49.1 percent of votes polled. Although the no. of BJP seats  went down by 4 seats, the vote percentage was spectacular and underlined Modi's electoral supremacy.


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