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Gujarat polls: BJP MP Ravi Kishan releases Gujarati-Bhojpuri song
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a massive single-day campaign blitzkrieg in poll-bound Gujarat on Friday, with union ministers and other senior leaders addressing rallies and holding meetings.
The 2022 Gujarat Assembly election will be held in two phases - on December 1 and 5 - and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) went all-out on Friday in its effort to retain control of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, which has eschewed the Congress over the past nearly thirty years. The BJP held a massive one-day campaign in the state on Friday, with senior leaders like Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath - who led the party to an unprecedented second consecutive term in the politically key state earlier this year - and union ministers popping up across at least three constituencies....Read More
The party has set itself a target of 150 of the Gujarat Assembly's 182 seats. The contest has traditionally been a bipolar fight with the Congress, but this time Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also emerged as a challenger.
BJP MP Ravi Kishan releases Gujarati-Bhojpuri song ahead of polls
Member of Parliament and popular actor Ravi Kishan on Friday released a rap song 'Gujarat ma Modi che' on social media platforms for the BJP's poll campaign in the western state.
Was Ram Temple at Ayodhya or Article 370 removal possible under Congress? asks Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday suggested that construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya has became possible only because a Bharatiya Janata Party-led government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at the helm at the Centre and asked if the project would not have been feasible under a Congress dispensation. Addressing a rally in Wankaner town of Morbi district in support of BJP candidate Jitu Somani, Adityanath said the time has come to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi's wish of dissolving the Congress and maintained the Opposition party was not capable of protecting the country.
EC removes IAS officer from election duty over his Instagram post
The Election Commission of India has ordered the immediate removal of an IAS officer posted as Gujarat election observer for announcing his posting on Instagram with posts that showed off his security paraphernalia. The poll body acted within 24 hours of the post going up, with a letter to the Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer objecting to his “publicity stunt” and asking him to go back to his parent cadre, Uttar Pradesh.
'Double engine govt should be voted to power again': Anurag Thakur
"PM Narendra is running the country at the centre & CM Bhupendra is running the state here. This is the double engine government, it shall be voted into power here again": Union Min Anurag Thakur at a public rally in Mandvi.
Parties extensively use social media to connect with voters, run Gujarat poll campaigns
Teams of thousands of workers and volunteers are keeping social media pages of different political parties abuzz like a well-oiled machine to run campaigns and garner support of target voters for the next month's Assembly elections in Gujarat, news agency PTI reported.
'Congress can't even respect our national anthem': Yogi in Morbi, Gujarat
“Congress can't respect your faith, can't support your problems & can't secure India...they cannot even respect the national anthem”: UP CM Yogi at Morbi, Gujarat.
He also hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts during Covid-19, and said, “during Covid, PM Modi countered the situation in different ways in different phases... during 1st lockdown under'Jaan hai to Jahan hai' campaign PM Modi inspired people to stay safe at home”.
Cong not doing 'Bharat jodo' but 'Bharat todo': J P Nadda
“Development is associated with us. Cong not doing 'Bharat jodo' but 'Bharat todo'. Rahul Gandhi even went to Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University and stood with those who protested against hanging of Afzal Guru, mastermind of Parliament attack” BJP national president JP Nadda said in Surat
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra
“Elections are in Gujarat but he (Rahul Gandhi) is wandering around in the South, when elections were in Himachal Pradesh he was in Kerala... he doesn't want to come out of the dressing room as he does not want to play” said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma at Anjar District, Kutch.
Anurag Thakur lauds BJP and PM Modi in making Gujarat ‘riot- free’
“If Gujarat is riot-free today then it's because of BJP and PM Modi. The more Gujarat progresses, the more India will progress. If Gujarat wins, then India will progress” said Union minister Anurag Thakur in Surat
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan hits back at Rahul Gandhi over remark on Savarkar
Rahul Gandhi insulted Veer Savarkar yesterday. The man who was sentenced to punishment equalling two lifetimes, the one who sacrificed everything for the country. You insult such a freedom fighter, this country will never forgive you: Shivraj Singh Chouhan at Kutch
MP CM lashes at Congress over Narmada water for Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan lashed out at Congress at a rally in Kutch and said “Congress used to badmouth me in MP that I'm letting Gujarat have Narmada water. Is Gujarat Pakistan? It's our own, where do the differences come from? When Sardar Sarovar was built, Gujarat received water and MP received electricity”.
BJP candidate Hardik Patel says party will win with 150+ seats
“We will ensure our victory. (BJP) government is going to be formed with a majority, with more than 150 seats. We are here to give our contribution to this” said Hardik Pate, BJP candidate from Viramgam. Read more
