INDIA SUMMARIZED

This time Narendra Modi kept his appointment with party colleagues at the inaugural session of the National Executive and Council meeting in Surajkund near Delhi today. Whether or not he will be the party’s chosen leader for the next Lok Sabha polls, one thing is clear: he is clearly the most sought-after leader who has the pulse of party workers. At around 11.30 am, there was a sudden commotion at the gates of the Surajkund meeting place on the Delhi-Haryana borders. “Hero Modiji has arrived,” a party worker shouted enthusiastically. The ordinary workers kept on falling and pushing each other to exchange greetings with the party strongman. Modi is aware of his stature among his party colleagues, high and low, but he keeps changing his sartorial style. He discarded his trademark half-sleeve kurta for the occasion and chose a cream-coloured buttoned full sleeve kurta. The BJP’s three-day conclave had started at the designated time of 11 am. But a group of party leaders and wor...