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Gujarat election 2017: Here’s what you should know about Modi’s two stalwart predecessors in Gujarat

Narendra Modi is mostly a sui generis politician. In simple language, one of a kind, in a class by himself. But there are two former chief ministers of Gujarat whose tricks and tactics must have gone into the making of Modi. Consider it this way: When a younger Modi, as BJP state unit organisational secretary, was trying to make space for the party, he had to contend with these two gentlemen more than the rest.

Won't eat in vessels cleaned by dalit woman, say Gujarat students

In a shocking case of discrimination, students of a government school in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat have rejected the government's mid day meal scheme because the utensils used are washed by Bhavanaben Makwana, a dalit woman.