BJP left no stone unturned to ensure its sway over Gujarat civic bodies

Sources said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah had "no direct role" in the corporation polls

On February 21, when Gujarat voted in the polls to elect members to six urban civic bodies, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was in Ahmedabad to exercise his franchise in a ward in Naranpura, with his family. It was a little past noon. Shah was informed the voter turnout was just 11 per cent in several wards, including his; similar reports had come from the other cities, too.
 
Shah was quick on the ball — instead of heading home, he went to the Motera stadium (inaugurated by President Ramnath Kovind on February 24), organised a control room, and was