NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, FEB 19
Campaigning for polls to civic corporations in six major cities of Gujarat ended on Friday with voting scheduled for Sunday, February 21.
ये देखिए @BJP4Gujarat सूरत के विधायक @sanghaviharsh जी के निम्न स्तर के कार्य – आम आदमी पार्टी की गुजरात में बढ़ती लोकप्रियता को देखकर ऐसे फेक वीडियो शेयर कर जनता को गुमराह कर रहे हैं । https://t.co/Dx5QzAuzgq pic.twitter.com/HiyxxsaZkh
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) February 19, 2021
Counting of votes for these polls in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar, and Jamnagar will take place on February 23.
While the BJP is playing the “development” card, the Congress, which has been out of power in these local bodies for a long time now, has been citing “lack of amenities” and the recent fuel price hike to turn the tide.
માનનીય પ્રદેશ અધ્યક્ષ શ્રી સી. આર. પાટીલજીએ કાર્યકર્તાઓને આપ્યો ઉર્જારૂપી સંદેશ અને વિશ્વાસ વ્યક્ત કર્યો કે, ભારતીય જનતા પાર્ટીનો જંગી બહુમતીથી વિજય થશે.#ગુજરાત_મક્કમ_ભાજપ_અડીખમ pic.twitter.com/LApPpVQgj5
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) February 19, 2021
The last day of campaigning saw Gujarat BJP chief CR Paatil leading a well-attended roadshow on a 22-kilometre route from Naroda to Khadia here, with state minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja and Rajya Sabha MP Narhari Amin taking part.
Paatil told reporters such events were held by the party in all the cities going to polls, including in Rajkot, where motorcycle rallies were organised in all 18 wards.
वडोदरा महानगरपालिका चुनाव के उपलक्ष में वार्ड नंबर- 3 में कोंग्रेस पक्ष की महारैली।
वडोदरा की जनता भाजपा के भ्रष्ट तंत्र से त्रस्त है, कोंग्रेस के समर्थन में लोगो का यह उत्साह दिखाता है कि वडोदरा में परिवर्तन की लहर है। pic.twitter.com/CJwmo4WyDZ— Amit Chavda (@AmitChavdaINC) February 19, 2021
Citing huge crowds, Paatil said, “People are in our favour because of our track record and good governance.”
For the Congress, its state unit chief Amit Chavda led a rally in Vadodara, marked by placards criticisng the BJP led-government at the Centre for fuel and LPG price hikes and state government for bad roads and contaminated water, while the leader of opposition in the state Assembly Paresh Dhanani campaigned in Jamnagar.
“Not just in Vadodara, people living in other cities are reeling under price rise, rampant corruption, and unemployment. People are not getting clean water despite paying high taxes under the BJP rule. There is absolutely no development in sectors like education and health care. I am sure people will vote for change this time,” Chavda said.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), claiming to be the alternative to the BJP and the Congress, took part in the campaigning with roadshows, etc, and it said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would address voters through Facebook live on Friday at 9:30 pm.
The other major party in the fray is Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, which, on debut, has fielded 21 candidates in six wards in Ahmedabad.
