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Vibrant Gujarat is a flagship event of the State
government and was launched by Narendra Modi when he was Chief Minister of the
State. This year, it coincides with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas which has been
organised by the Ministry of Indian Overseas Affairs in Ahmedabad with much
fanfare. This time Modi, a former host, will be attending the programmes as a
guest. But this is not news. Sources say that the Gujarat government requested
all the State governments to sponsor the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. There is no
dearth of government sponsors of the event. All States were eager to
participate but in the background there were murmurings among the Congress-ruled
States. The BJP-ruled States have already fallen in line. Sources disclosed
that Congress-ruled States’ Chief Ministers were of the opinion that their
States should not sponsor the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas as it coincides with
Vibrant Gujarat. According to them, it is an event to promote only Gujarat and
no other State will benefit from it. These States could not do much as the
Prime Minister himself was taking a keen interest so no State could dare not to
participate. Finally, the Congress-ruled States fell in line as well to promote
the Gujarat conclave. When the Prime Minister himself is in charge of the
ceremonies, who would dare speak out openly?
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