Highlights of India Today issue dated May 19, 2014 The India Today Cover Story this week is on the vigorous campaign for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The Gujarat CM has unleashed a blitzkrieg never seen before in Indian electoral history. The Election coverage has the exclusive India Today Group-Cicero opinion poll on Varanasi which reveals that the temple city is all set to elect Narendra Modi by a thumping margin. The Election Express which is at present touring Varanasi has trailed Mamata Banerjee’s theatrics, Mayawati’s mass appeal and Lalu Yadav’s resurrection. The Nation section has a story on the violence in Assam. It says that the Assam government knew there would be violence, yet it did nothing to prevent the massacre. The Big Story is on the man behind Narendra Modi. The RSS leader who had a profound impact on Modi’s early years was also the father figure he never had. The magazine also has a Health special on how to live and look better. The India Today issue this week has 3 free magazines – Woman, Simply Delhi, Simply Chennai – with it.