Gujarat Elections: The campaigning for the first phase of elections in 89 out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat will end on Tuesday. The state goes for polls in the first phase on December 1. Voting for the remaining 93 seats will be held on December 5. BJP national president JP Nadda on Tuesday addressed a public gathering at Devgadh Baria, holding a roadshow in Bhavnagar (West) and at 8 PM he will be addressing a rally at Ravpura in poll-bound Gujarat. As Gujarat goes for polls in December for the phase 1 elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi escalated his tirade against Congress and accused the party of stopping armed forces from acting against terrorism when it was in power. The PM, who addressed four rallies at Palitana, Anjar, Jamnagar, and Rajkot on Monday.
Meanwhile, in another news, a scuffle broke out between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP workers yesterday during Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s roadshow in Surat city. While Kejriwal claimed a stone was hurled when the roadshow was passing, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-3), Pinakin Parmar, denied the allegations and said that the rally had passed off peacefully. He also said that no incident of hurling stones took place, as reported by PTI. Elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly will be held in two phases in December, counting of votes will be on December 8.
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Gujarat Elections 2022 Live: Election campaigning is in full swing in poll-bound Gujarat as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge are campaigning in state.
20 years back there was water problem in this area, lack of schools and colleges and health services, but today everything is available in your area. This is the changing picture of India… This is the changing picture of Dahod: JP Nadda in Dahod
Talking about Congress and Aam Aadmi Party… these are the parties which appear only in elections and disappear after the elections. After the election, if someone is left for service, then the workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party are left: JP Nadda in Gujarat
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will also campaign in the state for the BJP candidates contesting in the second phase of polls on December 5 on Tuesday. (PTI)
Union minister Smriti Irani to campaign in Gandhidham for BJP candidate on Tuesday.
The campaigning for the first phase of elections in 89 out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat will end on Tuesday. The first phase of Gujarat elections will be on December 1.
“The Congress is the enemy of Kutch. Its leaders were friends with those who tried every trick in the book to stop Narmada waters from reaching here. The then Congress government at the Centre had also created hurdles in raising the height of the dam,” says PM Modi in Anjar, Kutch. (PTI)
You gave reins to a 'chaiwala' (tea seller) in 2014. I never claimed I am an economist. But, I have confidence in the strength of the citizens. In the last eight years, India became the fifth largest economy from the tenth spot (before 2014). So just compare. Ten years to become number 10 from the 11th rank (during Congress' rule), and eight years to reach the fifth spot from the 10th position (under the BJP government): PM Modi in Rajkot on Monday. (PTI)
Before I assumed the office of the prime minister in 2014, the Congress had been in power for 10 years. When Congress first came to power in 2004, a renowned economist (Manmohan Singh) was our PM and the Indian economy ranked 11th in the world. In the subsequent years, though whatever they did, the Indian economy became the tenth largest. So, it took ten years for India to become number 10 from number 11: PM Modi in Rajkot on Monday.
BJP national president JP Nadda on Tuesday will campaign in Gujarat.
The Congress is losing because the people of Gujarat have shown unity. The Congress must shun casteism, communalism, vote bank politics and divide and rule (ideology) to win back the trust of people of Gujarat, because they are not at all ready to help those who support elements wanting to break India: PM Modi in Gujarat.
The Congress's ideology is to divide and rule. Before Gujarat became a separate state, it (Congress) made Gujaratis and Marathis fight against each other. Later, the Congress incited people of different castes and communities to fight against each other. Gujarat suffered a lot because of such sins of the Congress. The smart people of Gujarat understood this strategy of the Congress and came together to show the door to such “divisive forces: PM Modi in Palitana. (PTI).
The Congress's ideology is to divide and rule. Before Gujarat became a separate state, it (Congress) made Gujaratis and Marathis fight against each other. Later, the Congress incited people of different castes and communities to fight against each other. Gujarat suffered a lot because of such sins of the Congress. The smart people of Gujarat understood this strategy of the Congress and came together to show the door to such “divisive forces: PM Modi in Palitana. (PTI).
Though the BJP is trying rake up emotional issues such as Hindutva, this time it won't work: Jignesh Mevani
This election is against autocracy, unemployment and price rise. This time there is a silent revolution, a silent wave has gripped the state. People have made up their mind as they think that enough is enough…Gujarat elections will give a new direction to the country: Jignesh Mevani tells PTI in an interview.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge inducted 75-year-old Vyas into the party in Ahmedabad. Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot also welcomed Vyas into the party.
Former Gujarat minister Jaynarayan Vyas, who resigned from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party earlier this month, joined the opposition Congress on Monday.
In the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, of the 1,621 candidates in fray, 139 are women. The BJP has given tickets to 18 women candidates as against 12 in 2017, while the Congress has fielded 14 women although that figure was 10 in the last Assembly election.
The two parties have also accommodated more number of women candidates from Dalit and tribal communities this time. (PTI)
He (Modi) says these people (Congress leaders) sidelined Sardar Patel. Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi had worked together to win Independence for India and keep it safe. Did the photo of Sardar Patel find a place in the offices of RSS and BJP 20-30 years ago? Did they ever say he was good?: Kharge
Modiji and (Union Home Minister Amit) Shah ask what Congress did in 70 years? Had we not done anything in 70 years, you would not have got democracy. And people like you who always claim to be poor. I am also poor. I am from the poorest of the poor. I come from the untouchable caste. At least people drink your tea. People do not even drink my tea,” Mallikarjun Kharge In Dediapara.
People of Surat should remember one thing. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone for the project, but it was stalled for 50 years. They (activists) ensured that no one in the world gave funds to Gujarat for the dam project. They (AAP) gave tickets to such people. It is like committing a sin if we allow such people to set their foot in our state as they destroy the future of three generations: PM Modi in Mota Varachha area of Surat city. (PTI)
Congress has no respect for tribals in the country…We decided to make our tribal daughter (Droupadi Murmu) the president of the country. We went to the Congress with folded hands to accept her (support her candidature), but they opposed. We put all our might and made the tribal daughter win the election. Be it Birsa Munda or Govind Guru, the Congress did not give respect to tribal leaders of the country: PM Modi in Netrang on Sunday. (PTI)
Attacking Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge who is campaigning in Gujarat on Sunday, PM Modi in Kheda said, “Today Congress president is in Gujarat. He has been sent here by Soniaben (Sonia Gandhi). He came here and said he will show Modi his aukat. I have no status, I was born as a common man. Let us see how he shows me my aukat.” (PTI)
“Terrorism is not over yet and the politics of the Congress has not also changed. The fear of terrorism will remain till appeasement politics continues. Congress views terrorism from the prism of vote bank, not only Congress but many like-minded parties have come up now who view terrorism as a shortcut to achieve success and this small party's hunger for power is even bigger: PM Modi in Kheda on Sunday. He didn't name the small party.
PM Narendra Modu hit the campaign trail in Gujarat on Sunday, where he addressed rallies in Kheda district, Netrang, a tribal area in Bharuch district, and Surat city, where he also led a massive roadshow.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold four public meetings today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold four rallies today.
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Meanwhile, the polls are not too encouraging when it comes to women in politics, as although women account for nearly 50 per cent of voters in Gujarat, the number of female candidates contesting elections stands at 139 out of the 1,621 candidates in fray. The BJP has given tickets to 18 women candidates against 12, while the Congress has fielded 14 against 10 in the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections.
