An Image-building Exercise

Before a string of elections, the ruling BJP's new image-building exercise has ministers squeezing in appointments with party spokespersons.

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje has said she will spend at least a week every month touring her state and conducting unannounced checks on government facilities. This after several such surprise visits on the weekend threw up some shocks.

Narendra Modi's journey from a common man to the chief minister of Gujarat has caught the fancy of NRI filmmaker Mitesh Patel, who is making a projected Rs.40 crore movie on him. He admits the film on the politico couldn't be better-timed, but denied it being an "image-building exercise" for Mr Modi ahead of the general elections due next year.

Before a string of elections, the ruling BJP's new image-building exercise has ministers squeezing in appointments with party spokespersons.

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje has said she will spend at least a week every month touring her state and conducting unannounced checks on government facilities. This after several such surprise visits on the weekend threw up some shocks.

Narendra Modi's journey from a common man to the chief minister of Gujarat has caught the fancy of NRI filmmaker Mitesh Patel, who is making a projected Rs.40 crore movie on him. He admits the film on the politico couldn't be better-timed, but denied it being an "image-building exercise" for Mr Modi ahead of the general elections due next year.