- Gujarat poll dates not out along with HP to give more advantage to BJP: Congress
NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, GANDHINAGAR, OCT 14
Hours after the Election Commission announced that assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and the party’s state unit chief CR Paatil, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday, sources said.
પ્રધાનમંત્રી શ્રી @narendramodi ના વિઝન અંતર્ગત ગુજરાતમાં બનશે 10 સૈનિક સ્કૂલ#ભરોસાની_ભાજપ_સરકાર#BJP4Gujarat pic.twitter.com/7kL0lLBy5b
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) October 14, 2022
The meeting was held at the prime minister’s official residence here and the four leaders are likely to have discussed several issues related to Gujarat, they said.
According to sources, the agenda was the forthcoming elections to the 182-member Assembly. It is expected that the Election Commission, which announced elections to the Himachal Pradesh Assembly on November 12, is likely to announce the dates for Gujarat after Diwali.
Thank you Himachal Pradesh. The affection of people is humbling and gives me more strength to work in their service. pic.twitter.com/X3OtezXi5x
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 13, 2022
With the BJP setting a target of crossing 150 seats, the nature of the campaign, of the rallies etc was discussed at length while the issue of how many events the Prime Minister will participate in, which Union Ministers will be drafted for poll management, as well the strategy to counter the Aam Aadmi Party, which is seeking to emerge as a major force in the state, were also expected to figure.
Gujarat poll dates not out along with HP to give BJP more advantage: Congress
गुजरात युवा कांग्रेस की युवा परिवर्तन यात्रा के विरमगाम के विट्ठलपुर पहुंचने पर आयोजित कार्यक्रम में गुजरात कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री जगदीश ठाकोर जी के साथ भाग लिया। pic.twitter.com/hzdnUK6pQE
— Dr. Raghu Sharma (@RaghusharmaINC) October 14, 2022
The Congress on Friday alleged that dates for Gujarat assembly polls were not announced along with Himachal Pradesh so that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets more time to make “mega promises and inaugurations”.
જેમ મધ્યપ્રદેશમાં વ્યાપમ કૌભાંડ ઘણા વર્ષોથી ચાલી રહ્યું છે, તેવી જ રીતે ગુજરાતમાં નોકરી અને શાળા કોલેજની પરિક્ષાઓની ભરતી કૌભાંડ વ્યાપકપણે ચાલી રહ્યું છે. pic.twitter.com/ksjOdTeip6
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) October 14, 2022
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said his party is not surprised over the development after the Election Commission announced poll dates only for the hill state and not for Gujarat.
યુવા પરિવર્તન યાત્રાને પ્રજાનું સમર્થન, ગુજરાતમાં આવશે પરિવર્તન pic.twitter.com/0WX1GmZB3L
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) October 14, 2022
“Obviously, this has been done to give more time to the PM to make some mega promises and carry out more inaugurations. Not at all surprising,” Ramesh said.
आज दसाड़ा में युवा परिवर्तन यात्रा में सैकड़ों ट्रैक्टर के साथ हजारों किसान भाइयों ने परिवर्तन का संकल्प लिया।
परिवर्तन का यह संकल्प निश्चित तौर पर गुजरात में खुशहाली लाएगा और अहंकारी भाजपाई हुकूमत को उखाड़ फेंकेगा।@IYCGujarat#ગુજરાત_માંગે_પરિવર્તન pic.twitter.com/U5x1LACm49
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) October 14, 2022
On not announcing the dates for Gujarat assembly polls, it said various factors, including convention, gap in qualifying dates, and weather had been considered before taking a decision.
BJP सरकार जा रही है, कांग्रेस आ रही है
फ़ाइलों में आग लगाई जा रही है pic.twitter.com/e8Y4KLBNFR
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) October 14, 2022
The poll panel also said announcement of multiple state elections leads to longer wait in declaration of results.
obviously this has been done to give more time to the PM to make some mega promises & carry out more inaugurations. Not at all surprising. https://t.co/LF1Vhw4WAw
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) October 14, 2022
