Prime Minister Narendra Modi He will officially kick off the campaign for the Gujarat assembly elections on November 20, when he is scheduled to hold three public meetings in the Saurashtra region.
The Prime Minister is expected to hold about 30 rallies across the state regarding this campaign.
Earlier, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had estimated that the PM would hold around 25 rallies.
On November 21, the PM is expected to hold two rallies and on November 22, he is scheduled to hold three rallies each in Saurashtra region and South Gujarat region.
saurashtra affairs
The Saurashtra region is significant as it has 48 assemblies out of a total of 182 and has a significant Other Backward Class (OBC) Patidar population.
In 2017, the Congress won a majority of the seats in the region and many in the party believe that it was the agitation by the Patidars that helped the Congress give a tough fight to the BJP. With Patidars no longer an issue, the BJP hopes to improve its numbers and break its own record of 127 seats.
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Modi will seek an unprecedented seventh term for the BJP in the state and is expected to strike an emotional chord with voters, raising the issue of ‘Gujarati asmita’ and the benefits of a ‘double-engine government’.
Union Minister Amit Shah has also said that BJP will do very well in Saurashtra region in this election.
But dashe pehla kaveen nervous vatatavar hai? Together with all the challenges, the people of Gujarat made Gujarat move forward. pic.twitter.com/2SPPJoiSLo
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 6, 2022
Waiting for PM’s approval
The PM is scheduled to visit the poll-bound state on November 19. The state has finalized the plan for PM to address rallies, awaiting PM’s final approval.
“Once we get the nod, which is likely to come by tonight, we will announce the details,” the leader said.
Shri Shri Shri Shri Shri Shri Shri Shri Shri @BhupendraBJP No, what was done to the election office of the constituency assembly. pic.twitter.com/pmwDMG8HEo— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) November 16, 2022
The BJP’s star campaigners will focus on the Saurashtra region, which will go to polls in the first phase on December 1.
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Sources in the know of the matter said that a detailed program of PM’s rallies and roadshows is being prepared. As the PM was out of the country for the G20 summit, the party waited for his return to seek clearances and finalize their rally venues.
Voting for the assembly elections for 182 seats will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5 and the results for the assembly elections will be declared on December 8 along with Himachal Pradesh.
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