If left alone, Modi can make Gujarat rival China's SEZs
Narendra Modi's convincing win in Gujarat will have its impact on India's external affairs more than any state election in the country in at least three decades. No other chief minister now in power is anywhere nearly as well-known as Modi is in the Asian territorial divisions of foreign ministries in key capitals of the world. No chief minister in recent memory, other than Modi, has been analysed or interpreted in the strategic communities across the world that dissect and interpret India.
Because Modi's enemies have demonized him in the last five years, there have been efforts behind closed doors, among those who provide key inputs into decisionmaking in Washington, Beijing and Moscow, to size him up and develop a more objective profile of the man and the politician. Ironically, the bleeding hearts among the non-governmental organizations and in sections of the media, who have just stopped short of stamping the Nazi swastika on his visage, have given his supporters an opportunity to highlight his record as chief minister of what is undeniably one of India%u2019s most vibrant states. Modi's supporters worldwide used that
