- After the resignation of the Congress in-charge of Gujarat, four-day visit of Rajasthan CM Gehlot assumes significance as he is the senior observer of the Congress for the Gujarat Assembly elections.
- Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel, former Madhya Pradesh chief ministers Digvijay Singh and Kamal Nath, and senior leader Mukul Wasnik will launch the marches
- With these yatras, the Congress aims to create an atmosphere for change in Gujarat, where the Bharatiya Janata Party has been in power for close to three decades.
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, OCT 27
After the Festival of Lights and the onset of winter, the Model State of Gujarat is facing the poll heat as all the three main contenders for the coveted reign of Gujarat – secular-minded Congress and the Hindutva protagonists – ruling BJP and the AAP, have intensified their poll campaigning.
आओ…सोई हुकूमत को जगाएं।#BharatJodoYatra pic.twitter.com/ISi1sc6NgT
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) October 27, 2022
The Main Opposition party, Congress will take out ‘Parivartan Sankalp’ yatras from October 31 across five zones in Gujarat. The Assembly polls are due in the state by the end of this year. Schedule for the elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly is yet to be announced.
Gujarat Congress chief spokesperson Manish Doshi said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel, former Madhya Pradesh chief ministers Digvijay Singh and Kamal Nath, and senior leader Mukul Wasnik will launch the marches from five different towns.
With these yatras, the Congress aims to create an atmosphere for change in Gujarat, where the Bharatiya Janata Party has been in power for close to three decades.
ગુજરાતના પ્રભારી શ્રી @RaghusharmaINC જી દ્વારા નવવર્ષ ની શુભકામનાઓ pic.twitter.com/nGsaDKyjqS
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) October 27, 2022
As per the report, Gehlot will launch the yatra from Palanpur in Banaskantha district of north Gujarat. Baghel will launch it from Fagvel in Kheda district of central Gujarat, while senior leader Digvijaya Singh will participate in the yatra from Nakhatrana in Kutch. Kamal Nath will set out on the ‘Parivartan Yatra’ from Somnath and senior leader Mukul Wasnik will attend the yatra from Jambusar to south Gujarat, according to him.
“Each of these yatras will last nearly a week and 175 out of the state’s 182 Assembly seats. More details of the programme will be revealed on October 29,” Doshi added.
ગુજરાત બોલે છે
હવે આ બેરોજગારી વાળી સરકાર નહીં ચાલે pic.twitter.com/RKOj9DuvkZ
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) October 27, 2022
In the midst of the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan Congress, CM Ashok Gehlot will be on an election tour to Gujarat for four days from Friday. Apart from holding public meetings at six places from October 28 to October 31, Gehlot will also participate in the Bharat Jodo Padyatra in Banaskantha.
According to the schedule, CM Gehlot will leave for Vadodara from Jaipur by a special plane on October 28 at 9 am. After this, he will address public meetings in Garbada and Fatehpura (Jalod). After reaching Vadodara, Gehlot will hold a press conference in Vadodara at 4.15 pm.
On October 29, Gehlot will reach Anvasari from Surat to address a public meeting and on October 30, he will address public meetings in Banaskantha, Kherbrahma and Bhiloda in Aravalli.
इस अवसर पर चिकित्सा शिक्षा क्षेत्र के सभी चिकित्सा महाविद्यालयों की सम्पूर्ण सूचनाएं एक साथ एक ही पोर्टल पर लाने के उद्देश्य से निर्मित चिकित्सा शिक्षा पोर्टल का लोकार्पण किया। pic.twitter.com/So0H9EoiCU
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) October 27, 2022
On October 31, Gehlot will lead a rally for the Bharat Jodo Padyatra in Banaskantha where the entire group will march on foot for two hours.
Though the Gujarat poll schedule is not yet known, the election campaign has intensified. PM Narendra Modi will address a large public meeting on November 1 at Mangarh Dham, the main pilgrimage site of tribals in the Banswara district of Rajasthan, adjoining Gujarat.
In this meeting, about 1 lakh tribals of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are likely to participate. PM Modi will address 99 tribal seats of the three states through public meetings and conferences. 27 seats in the Gujarat assembly, 25 in Rajasthan Assembly and 47 seats in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly are reserved for STs.
In this program being organised by the Union Ministry of Culture and an NGO, the CM and BJP State President of all three states have been invited. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan are involved. This will be the first time that Modi as PM and Chief Minister Gehlot as CM will be seen together on a public stage.
After the resignation of the Congress in-charge of Gujarat, Raghu Sharma, this visit of CM Gehlot assumes special significance as he is the senior observer of the Congress for the Gujarat Assembly elections.
Sources say during this meeting in Delhi, Rahul and Gehlot also discussed preparations for the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Gujarat and the assembly elections with Mallikarjun Kharge.
CM Gehlot had also done election tours in Gujarat with Rahul Gandhi during the last assembly elections. Both had also reached the tribals and though the Congress lost the election results were shocking for the BJP as well.
The performance of Congress was very good in the home state of PM Modi. Of the total 182 seats, 99 seats were won by BJP, 80 seats by Congress, and three seats by others. As such, many say that CM Gehlot’s four-day visit to Gujarat has its own meaning. It is a sign of relief for CM Gehlot and there is also a political message behind his taking out a Bharat Jodo Padyatra in Gujarat.
