It is now clear why PM Modi raised the bogey of fog for cancelling his rally at Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh. The fog was less atmospheric than political. It is learnt that when the PM landed at Lucknow airport, a chopper had taken off to assess the crowd at Bahraich rally, The report was alarming, the assessment said that there were less than 10,000 people there, so the PM quickly decided to refrain from attending an embarrassing situation. However, he did agree to give a phone-speech, so state party president Maurya took the phone, held it up to the loudspeaker and Modi spoke his mind for the people of Bahraich.