Narendra Modi may have single-handedly secured an overwhelming mandate to rule India on the basis of his record in Gujarat but the fact remains that 97 of the 159 municipalities in the state are in such a despicable financial state that they are unable to pay their basic electricity and water supply bills. It is only after a change of guard in the state that skeletons securely locked for long are falling out of the cupboard, exposing the rot within.