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Discuss this Article  Home > News > Report  Can rebels send Modi
packing?  Krishnakumar in Saurashtra | December 04, 2007 13:12
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Saurashtra, the gloves are off  Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra
Modi [Images] is feeling the heat.  Though there is no
indication yet that he might lose power, his detractors in the
Bharatiya Janata Party are stepping on the gas, merely a week
before voting for the first phase on December 11.  In both
Saurashtra and south Gujarat, the rebels - two former chief
ministers and half-a-dozen heavyweights - are throwing all their
might behind the Congress. While it looks like Modi is in for a
tough fight in Saurashtra, the Congress is hoping that the
rebels will win it for them in south Gujarat,