"Amit Shah is the man of the match," Prime Minister Narendra Modi told lakhs of cheering BJP leaders today at a rally in Gandhinagar, the capital of his home state Gujarat, where assembly elections will be held by the end of the year. The BJP concluded its Gujarat Gaurav Yatra (March of Honour) which it began on October 1, and party chief Amit Shah and top state leaders were on stage with the Prime Minister. The PM's visit came amid allegations by the opposition that the BJP-led Centre pressured the Election Commission into delaying announcing elections in Gujarat to allow the Prime Minister to announce sops today.