by: Nav Jeevan

Amit Shah, CR Paatil meet North Gujarat leaders on Assembly poll plank

  • The former BJP president attended similar meetings of South and Central zones at Valsad and Vadodara, respectively, in the last two days.
  • He will be at Veraval in Gir Somnath district on Tuesday to attend the Saurashtra zone conclave.

NE NEWS SERVICE

PALANPUR, OCT 24

Stepping up his consultations with Gujarat unit leaders for the third consecutive day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah interacted with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from North Gujarat districts here on Monday and reviewed preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections.

Shah attended a meeting of the North Gujarat zone at a medical college in Palanpur city of Banaskantha district, where Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and state BJP president CR Paatil, among other leaders, were present, party functionaries said.

BJP leaders of the North Gujarat zone, including Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), Members of Parliament (MPs), Panchayat presidents, local party officer-bearers and representatives of cooperatives were present at the meet, they said.

This was the third such zone-level conclave presided over by Shah, a senior BJP leader, in as many days. The former BJP president attended similar meetings of South and Central zones at Valsad and Vadodara, respectively, in the last two days. He will be at Veraval in Gir Somnath district on Tuesday to attend the Saurashtra zone conclave.

Districts in North Gujarat include Banaskantha, Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Patan, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.

Earlier, Amit Shah on Sunday met BJP functionaries of the central Gujarat zone comprising eight districts here to discuss strategies for the Assembly polls, due in December this year.

Those present at the meeting have been asked to give suggestions by November 3 on how the party can win all 52 Assembly seats in the eight districts that comprise the central Gujarat zone, BJP sources said.

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil, and party general secretary of the organisation in Gujarat, Ratnakar, were present at the meeting.

Shah offered guidance and discussed strategies with MLAs, MPs, district BJP presidents, panchayat presidents, Vadodara city mayor and heads of various cooperatives who attended the meeting, the sources said.

These meetings are aimed at seeking suggestions and offering guidance and strategies for the ruling party to meet its ambitious target of winning 150 seats in the 182-member  Assembly polls for which are due in the next few months, the functionaries said.

The Congress had won a record 149 Assembly seats in 1985.