Mumbai, Sep 30 IANS | 2 years ago  BJP's prime ministerial
candidate Narendra Modi Monday urged people to vote for change
to make India "shine".  Addressing a jampacked function of the
Bharat Diamond Bourse -- the world's largest diamond exchange
here, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Gujarat chief
minister said "it is a matter of just eight months" for bringing
a change in the country.  "After nine months, the country will
emerge out of all the current challenges and difficulties and
march forward to a new era," Modi said, hinting that he expects
Lok Sabha polls on time.  Flanked by BJP deputy leader in Lok
Sabha Gopinath Munde and ally Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray,
Modi was given a tumultuous reception at the Mumbai airport and
later at the BDB where he addressed the gathering.  Modi told
the gathering that since the past nine years, the country is
passing through an "eclipse" on all fronts under the United
Progressive Alliance government at the centre.  "The government
has not been able to keep th