Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te tau 2001, kei te raru te hauora o Keshubhai Patel, ā, kua ngaro te BJP i ētahi tūru kaunihera ā-rohe i ngā pōtitanga ā-rohe. I whakapaehia te whakamahinga o te mana, te pirau me te whakahaere kino, a, i whara te mana o Patel na te whakahaere a tana tari i nga take o te ture.
te ruu i Bhuj i te tau 2001. I rapu te kaiārahi ā-motu o BJP i tētahi kaitono hou mō te tūranga minita, ā, i kōwhiria a Modi, nāna i whakapuaki i ōna whakaaro mō te whakahaere a Patel, hei whakakapi. Ahakoa kaore te kaiarahi BJP a L. K. Advani i hiahia ki te whakahawea ki a Patel, me te awangawanga mo te korenga o te wheako o Modi i roto i te kawanatanga, i paopao a Modi ki te tono kia noho hei tuarua ki a Patel, me te kii ki a Advani me Atal Bihari Vajpayee kei te "whakahaere ia mo Gujarat, kaore ranei". I te 3 o Oketopa 2001 ka whakakapi ia i a Patel hei Minita Matua o Gujarat, me te kawenga ki te whakarite i te BJP mo nga pooti o Tihema 2002. I whakaoatihia a Modi hei Minita Matua i te 7 o Oketopa 2001, ka uru ki te whare ture o Gujarat i te 24 o Hui-tanguru 2002 ma te wikitoria i te pooti iti ki te rohe pōti o Rajkot <unk> II, ka hinga i a Ashwin Mehta o te INC ma te 14,728 pooti.