Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)
As chief minister, Modi had picked a mantra in 2007 — that nothing is actually free and people will lose out on development if they fall for freebies
Narendra Modi was facing his second state elections in 2007 in Gujarat and the buzz was that it was going to be tough for him this time, after winning the 2002 elections on the back of the Gujarat riots. The central BJP leadership had a proposed antidote —…