Gujarat Assembly elections: Of development, inflation, and rebellion

As 89 Gujarat Assembly seats go to the polls later this week, Radhika Ramaseshan travels to Saurashtra to gauge what voters are thinking

When 89 of Gujarat’s 182 Assembly seats in the regions of Saurashtra, Kachchh, and South Gujarat would vote on December 1, the stakes for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be high.  

Of the 54 seats in Saurashtra and Kachchh, the ruling party five years ago could win only 23, against a previous high of 36 in 2012; the Congress increased its tally to 28 from 15. The BJP compensated for its losses in South Gujarat and managed to win total of 99 seats, its lowest tally since its victory in 1995. 

The villages of Saurashtra and Kachchh hold the key to