issues of concern to the people. The home minister was speaking to media persons in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. It needs to be remembered that these are national elections. The CM [Modi] seems to think that these elections are about Gujarat," he said. Modi had earlier referred to the Congress party as a budhiya (old lady) and, later, as a gudiya (doll). Reiterating that the country is not as affected by the recession as the rest of the world, Chidambaram said, "It needs to be underlined that India ...