SIxth Sense?

We heard and read of Modi being Eclipsed. (Times of India, Ahmedabad, had the best headline) Junagadh Municipal Corporation Election results have been an embarrassment to Modi for reasons known to everyone.
We have all heard and read of all five Muslims whom Modi had offered tickets and who have lost.
Modi has graduated from being the Hindutva Poster Boy to Governance Guru or Messiah of (urban) development. But the fact remains that people dont want to digest him in the soft hindutva mould. Like it or not, Hindutva remains the current underlying factor in Gujarat, yet.
Some heads will have to roll in and Vijay Rupani is likely to be axed from his position for the Junagadh debacle. Mr Modi’s strategy to drop 29 of the 35 sitting councilors didn’t click. To be fair to Mr Modi, it would be too early to label him as a flop or describe his magic as waning with just Junagadh results. Lets wait for the by elections. Seven seats scheduled to go to polls will be important to determine Mr Modi’s blooming or waning political prowess.
But it ought to be noted that while Mr Modi was keen and campaigned for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections quite actively, he gave a complete go to the Junagadh election. No public meetings, no visit. He did take time out for an aerial survey of rain affection regions in Junagadh district but gave the town a go by.
Why? Did he not want to be seen at a place he already knew would not be won by his party?Good sixth sense?