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Modi will be defeated: Gujarat Congress leaderGujarat 2012: Why Congress will be happy to settle for second place BJP backs Modi, says centre neglected Gujarat's progress.The Modi phenomenon is an amalgam of conflicting perceptions, both positive and negative. There are always two ways to look at him. He is an efficient administrator and a competent manager, yet he is too undemocratic in decision-making; he has maintained the naturally progressive state’s growth momentum — it is comparable to the best in the country, if not the best — but the growth has been inequitable; he has brought industries to the state but there’s been no matching growth in employment; Gujarat is vibrant under Modi but it ranks pretty low in the Human Development Index; and he is a visionary with firm faith in the idea of progress but he does not measure up when it comes to the concept of social inclusion. The way one perceives him depends a lot on where one puts the moral emphasis. But if elections are a...