by: Nav Jeevan

Amit Shah predicts two-third majority for BJP in Gujarat elections, steps up attack on Cong

  • Launches the first of the three routes from Sant Savaiyanath temple at Zanzarka village in Ahmedabad district on Thursday
  • Together, the yatra will pass through 144 of Gujarat’s 182 assembly segments over the next week or so, covering a distance of about 5,700km

NE NEWS SERVICE

AHMEDABAD, OCT 13

Union Home Minister and Gandhinagar Lok Sabha MP Amit Shah on Thursday predicted a two-third majority for the BJP in the Gujarat elections.

Shah flagged off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Gujarat Gaurav Yatra along three routes as part of the party’s massive outreach programme ahead of state elections later this year.

Of the three yatras that Amit Shah launched on Thursday – he travelled to Navsari district 400km away to launch the other two from Unai Mata temple in Vansda taluka – are part of a package of five that the BJP has planned ahead of state elections.

Launching the first of the three routes from Sant Savaiyanath temple at Zanzarka village in Ahmedabad district, Shah said the yatras were envisioned to celebrate Gujarat’s achievements in the last 20 years after Narendra Modi first became its chief minister in 2001.

“Many asked me what is the gaurav  in the yatra? Under the leadership of Modiji, the people of Gujarat have time and again reposed their faith for 20 years and the BJP has always lived up to their expectations. In these years, Gujarat has become the country’s topmost state and this yatra is to celebrate this feat,” Shah said.

Coming down heavily on the main opposition Congress, Shah said, “Gujarat saw peace, development, security and prosperity only after BJP came to power. The Congress only gave communal riots. Out of 300 days in a year, Gujarat witnessed 200 days of curfew and this kind of situation was created by the Congress. They did this because they believed that till the time people fought among themselves, they had nothing to lose.”

Boasting the BJP rule, Shah said, “We ensured uninterrupted power for 24×7, developed industrial areas in Sanand and other parts of Ahmedabad district, started supplying Narmada waters to all parts of the state.”

“Today you have the world’s largest stadium here, a diamond bourse has come up in the state, Ahmedabad has emerged as a sports hub, a world-class traditional medicine centre has come up, the first international financial city GIFT City is in Gujarat. Prosperity has travelled to every home in the state,” he said.

It was on account of the development projects that the BJP has won every election, right from the ones for municipal, district and state assembly to the Lok Sabha. “The people of Gujarat have ensured BJP’s victory. Let me say this before the media persons here, BJP will win a two-thirds majority this time. This is because the people of Gujarat have put their faith in BJP and BJP has worked hard to live up to that faith,” said Shah.

Together, the yatra will pass through 144 of Gujarat’s 182 assembly segments over the next week or so, covering a distance of about 5,700km. In all, party leaders, including Union ministers are scheduled to address about 145 rallies at various locations that are touched by the yatra.