AAP not in race, real election battle between Congress and BJP in Gujarat: Ashok Gehlot Vadodara News – Times of India

Vadodara: Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot Demanded to reduce Wednesday’s entry Arvind Kejriwal‘s Aam Aadmi Party (you) in Gujarat election ground and claimed that the real battle would be fought between his party Congress and the ruling BJP.
Expressing confidence that the Congress will win the assembly elections by the end of the year, he attacked the Congress. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that people now understand the “hollowness” of the famous’Gujarat Model‘ of development.
Speaking to reporters in Vadodara, Congress’s senior observer for Gujarat Assembly elections said, “We are not worried about AAP’s entry in Gujarat. Though they have come, the real fight will be between Congress and BJP. Congress. It is strong in Gujarat and we will give a tough fight this time. I will not be surprised if Congress forms the next government.”
AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been visiting Gujarat frequently and has been announcing pre-poll “guarantees”. So far, he has announced pre-poll promises related to electricity, education, women empowerment and tribals.
Gehlot is on a two-day visit to Gujarat from Wednesday during which he will hold a meeting with state Congress leaders to review their preparations for the upcoming assembly elections. He began his Gujarat tour from Vadodara on Wednesday morning by meeting party leaders from the Central Gujarat region. After this he reached Ahmedabad to hold a meeting with the leaders of North Gujarat region.
“Those who used to talk about the Gujarat model have now become the PM (referring to Narendra Modi, who was the CM of the state earlier. People have now understood the hollowness of this Gujarat model as all their problems still remained This model has now been exposed) and people now want to give a chance to Congress.”
“Last time (in 2017), we missed the (majority) mark by only a few seats in Gujarat. This time, we will give a tough fight and launch an impressive election campaign. The tall claims of ‘feel good’ and ‘India’ Despite shining, the Vajpayee government lost the Lok Sabha elections in 2004. Similarly, the BJP in Gujarat would also lose despite tall (development) claims of its government.
On the issue of recent incidents of drug seizures in Gujarat, Gehlot said that despite being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, liquor (manufacture and sale of which is banned) and narcotics are freely available in the BJP-ruled state.
Speaking about the recent power struggle in adjoining Maharashtra, where a new government took power in late June following a rebellion in the Shiv Sena, the Congress leader used the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the BJP. charged to. ) to “topple governments”.