AHMEDABAD, India -- Polls are open in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat for a legislative race that could shape the leader's own re-election strategy for 2019. The test: Can Modi build a broader, more inclusive support base and score a decisive victory?
The western state's favorite son has been stumping hard for his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the run-up to the legislative election -- though his own reputation as Gujarat's former chief minister is often the focus. "Here is a prime minister who knows 200 people in Dharampur by name," he told a crowd in that town of 20,000 on Monday.
