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| | 'Dadar of Ahmedabad' roots for Narendra Modi- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | AHMEDABAD: BJP workers in Maninagar, the constituency selected by Chief Minister Narendra Modi to contest the assembly polls, broke into celebrations on Tuesday evening as a random survey of a cross-section of voters showed that it would be smooth sailing for the chief minister. |
 | | Maninagar is in fact compared with Dadar, the middle-class hub of Mumbai, which is a Shiv Sena stronghold. |
 | | Considered to be one of strongholds of the Congress about 12 years ago, the largely Hindu pocket of Maninagar, comprising Patels, Banias, Marathis, Sindhis, Tamils and Punjabis are now seen as strong proponents of Hindutva. |
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