- For the first time, this poll is fought on the charisma of Modi and he had led the poll campaign single-handedly with his lieutenant Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
- Prime Minister Modi will cast his vote on Monday at 8:30 am at the Ranip polling booth in Ahmedabad.
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, DEC 4
As a true follower of ancient Hindu culture and tradition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Ahmedabad on Sunday and met his mother Heeraben in Gandhinagar to seek her blessings, who turned 99 this year.
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Heeraben Modi lives with the Prime Minister’s younger brother Pankaj Modi at Raysan village on the outskirts of Gandhinagar. PM Modi had last visited his mother on her 99th birthday in June.
Before casting his vote in the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections on December 5, Monday, PM Modi says ‘Mere pass maa hai’, a strong message to voters.
For the first time, this poll is fought on the charisma of Modi and he had led the poll campaign single-handedly with his lieutenant Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Prime Minister Modi will cast his vote on Monday at 8:30 am at the Ranip polling booth in Ahmedabad.
“Alternate route is planned for traffic. Fire Dept officers will be on standby. Emergency evacuation plan also prepared,” Aniruddh Gadhvi, Chief Fire Officer, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, said.
Assembly polls in Gujarat are being held in two phases- December 1 and December 5. In the first phase, voting was held in 89 of the 182 seats.
Tomorrow, voting will be held in 93 Assembly seats across 14 central and northern districts of Gujarat. In the 2017 Assembly polls, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 51 of these seats, Congress 39, while three seats went to independent candidates.
An average voter turnout of 63.31 percent was recorded in the first phase. BJP Gujarat President CR Paatil said that the party will break all previous records and will form the government.
In the second phase, 14 districts, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Gandhinagar are going into polls. Some important constituencies are the Ghatlodia seat of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Viramgam where Hardik Patel is contesting as BJP candidate and Gandhinagar South from where Alpesh Thakor is contesting.’
