India, Oct. 25 -- BJP politicians and the writer of a congratulatory tome titled 'Modi's Mission' outdid one another in heaping fulsome praise on PM Narendra Modi at the book's release at Raj Bhavan on Friday. Maharashtra governor Acharya Devvrat's statement-that Modi became prime minister of India "out of a divine arrangement"-was the most lavish but the other attendees were not far behind. The book release was attended by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Dy CM Eknath Shinde and Ram Shinde, chairperson of the legislative council.

Quoting a verse from the Bhagavad Gita, 'Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya', which speaks about a divine intervention whenever the need arises, Devvrat said, "Narendra Modi is not just the prime minister of India but an ...