Vikas is BJP's weakest wicket, says former Gujarat CM Suresh Mehta

Says 'Gimmickry usually has a brief lifespan in politics; this trend is neither good for Gujarat nor for democracy'

Former Gujarat chief minister Suresh Mehta has been one of the foremost critics of Narendra Modi and the “Gujarat model of development”. Mehta, 81, quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2007. He tells Archis Mohan the “reality” of the Gujarat model and how his Lokshahi Bachao Abhiyan (Save Democracy Campaign) hopes to expose this in the run-up to the Gujarat Assembly polls.

It is being said that your Lokshahi Bachao Abhiyan has the support of the Congress.

Our campaign is non-political. It has nothing to do with the Congress or any other political party. I feel, as a citizen, it is