Shah kicks off campaign for Gandhinagar; tells cadres it’s about Bharat, not BJP
He said the main issue of this Lok Sabha election is to make India great and urged cadres to ensure that the party wins over 400 seats
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who has been renominated for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha, began his poll campaign on Friday (March 15) and asked BJP workers to tell voters that this election is about Bharat and not their party.
Shah appealed to his party cadres to contact each and every voter during the poll campaign and ensure that they press the “lotus button (on EVM)”. “Tell people that this election is not about Bharatiya Janata Party, but for Bharat,” he said, stressing that no voter should be left without being “contacted”.
“Of the 1,500-odd parties in India, BJP is the only outfit which will make a small-time party worker like me, who used to distribute leaflets and put curtains for party events, a Union minister and its president. And, this party has made a tea-seller from a poor family the prime minister of this country and a world leader,” he said.
PM Modi during his 10-year tenure has made the entire country not only prosperous but also safe by dealing strictly with terrorism, Naxalism and infiltrators, he said.
He said the main issue of this Lok Sabha election is to make India great and urged cadres to ensure victory in more than 400 seats in the upcoming general election.
Not just Gujarat, the Union Home Minister said, the “Modi wave” has now swept the country. “Wherever he (Modi) goes, be it South India or Delhi, people chant ‘abki baar, 400 paar” (more than 400 seats this time).
In 2019, Shah won from the Gandhinagar constituency by defeating Congress candidate CJ Chavda, who is now with the BJP, by over 5 lakh votes. BJP had then made a clean sweep in Gujarat, winning all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
The Opposition Congress, which has entered into a seat-sharing agreement with AAP, is yet to announce its candidate for the seat.
(With agency inputs)
