Ahmedabad, 2/10: On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first phase of the Ahmedabad Metro and took a ride in it. A beaming Modi was flanked by top leaders from the state BJP; and, as it happens on such carefully staged occasions, the PM mixed with the hoi polloi as well, including schoolkids.
While the train crisscrossed Ahmedabad, the BJP released pictures and videos of a saffron scarf-wearing autorickshaw driver praising Modi while travelling on the Metro.