Narendra Modi ends his fast

Narendra Modi has broken his three-day sadbhavna fast with much ceremony. And as the fast ended, more accolades came rolling.

Top BJP leaders gathered to mark the end of the Gujarat Chief Minister's grand show and the leit motif of their words was - Gujarat Shining as a result of Modi's inclusive development programme.

In this image, he is seen with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj.

Sushma Swaraj said that Modi was the sort of leader who braved heat and dust to reach the smallest villages to ask if little girls were being sent to school.

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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray met Modi.

Narendra Modi shares a light moment with BJP MP and actor Hema Malini.

Narendra Modi is honoured by a group of supporters during the third day of his fast in Ahmedabad.

There was drama on Day 2 of Modi's sadbhavana fast. With the weekend bringing in large crowds, the police were outnumbered and had to resort to lathicharge to control the crowds.

Few people were also injured in the incident.

Those detained, were going to take out a rally against the fasting Gujarat chief minister.

Narendra Modi began his fast on Saturday (September 17).

While Modi is sitting on a high-voltage, much-publicised fast, his Congress rival and Modi's one-time RSS colleague Shankarsinh Vaghela is sitting down to a similar fast aimed at highlighting Modi's faults and the wasteful expenditure even in his sitting on the fast.

The first day of Mr Modi's fast, which was also his birthday, saw the top BJP brass come forth for full support.

His attempt for sadbhavna, many say, is a careful image altering exercise as he gets set for the national stage in the next Lok Sabha elections.

Modi faces a long haul to Delhi. His opponents are calling his fast and appeals a drama. Victims of Gujarat riots are not enthused - and to highlight it - the Gujarat Congress is staging its own fast.

Reacting to Mr Modi's fast, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that the Gujarat Chief Minister should instead rehabilitate families who lost everything in the Gujarat riots of 2002.

Mr Vaghela's less spectacular counter-show is unlikely to dent Mr Modi's enthusiasm. As the UPA faces a crisis, and the BJP looks for a leader, Modi has seized the moment and fast-tracked his future plans.

Chief Minister Narendra Modi poses for a photograph with Muslim well-wishers at the Gujarat University Convention Centre in Ahmedabad.