Modi favourite to lead Gujarat again, survey shows

September 29th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The blame game between the Centre and the Gujarat Government over the fake encounter of a 19-year-old Gujarat college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others shows no sign of ending, as the former has now reportedly said that it will file a affidavit against the Narendra Modi led-Government's argument. The Gujarat Government claims that its police officials acted on inputs provided by the Union Home Ministry, which dubbed the four as Lashkar operatives and alleged that the Centre had given credibility to the reports that Ishrat Jahan was on a mission to target Gujarat Chief Minister Modi.

June 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi rejected the suggestions given by the Union Cabinet to amend the Gujarat Control of organised Crime Act (GUJCOCA). Speaking to media on the sidelines of the BJP national Executive meeting in New Delhi, Modi said the amendment to the act would leave it "without teeth and nails." The Union Cabinet yesterday returned GUJCOCA bill passed by the Gujarat Assembly, suggesting three amendments.

May 18th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Reacting to Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav's comment that the projection of Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate was a mistake, the Gujarat Chief Minister on Monday said it was a media projection only and he had never projected himself as a candidate for the top post. "My stand has always been clear that I am from Gujarat and will keep working for the state," Modi told reporters here.

May 8th, 2009 PATHANKOT - Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi Friday said the third front put up by some political parties was not a viable alternative. 'No one knows who is the mother or the father of this third front.

April 30th, 2009 Ahmedabad, April 30 IANS Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot at 9 a.m. at a polling station in Ranip, under the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, here Thursday.

April 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD - Even as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani aims to become prime minister, many in the party see Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the next holder of the top post.

April 23rd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi on Thursday invited Congress President Sonia Gandhi to Gujarat. "Sonia Gandhi is coming to Gujarat for campaigning.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Saturday demanded that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi apologise to the elderly and to all women for terming the party a 125-year-old 'budhiya' (aged woman) and saying it was a burden on the country. 'Modi should apologise to women, in fact men and women, and to the elderly for his remarks.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Monday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was getting 'nightmares' due to the sustained campaigning by Rahul Gandhi in his state, and his statements against the Congress general secretary showed his frustration and desperation. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters here, 'Modi is highly insecure and frustrated.' 'Modi's statement calling Rahul Gandhi an aquarium fish shows that he believes in 'matsya nyaya' (jungle law) and is living in the jungle law, where the powerful swallow the weaker,' Singhvi said, reacting to Modi Sunday describing Rahul Gandhi as a 'small fish' in an aquarium.

January 16th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Three days after he hogged the limelight with the country's top industrialists calling him prime minister material, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said he was not in the race for the top post and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s senior leader L.K. Advani was the only candidate.

January 16th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Days after he hogged the limelight with India's top industrialists calling him prime minister material, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said he was not in the race for the top post and that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s senior leader L.K. Advani was the right candidate.

January 12th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Underlining the importance of the Buddha's teachings in the contemporary world, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said he wished to build a Buddhist temple in the state. 'Gujarat has ancient structures of Buddhist temples.

January 9th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wants a university proposed by a worldwide organisation of Jains to be set up in the state. 'We have three choices for setting up a university.

January 6th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit-2009, begining Jan 12, will focus on the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, and generate more employment, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said here Tuesday. 'The global economic crisis is an opportunity for Gujarat to plan and march ahead.

December 29th, 2008 NAVASARI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked people of the state to resolve to build a 'Golden Gujarat'. 'The entire country is looking at us and at our development.