Kharge takes a swipe at Modi, BJP calls it insult to PM

Express News Service

AHMEDABAD:  As campaigning for the primary part of Gujarat meeting polls involving 89 seats got here to an finish on Tuesday for voting due on December 1, a confrontation between the ruling BJP and Congress erupted over a comment of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge about PM Narendra Modi.

Addressing a public rally in Ahmedabad’s Behrampura on Monday evening, Kharge mentioned, “We see your (Modi’s) face in corporation elections as well as in Assembly and Lok Sabha elections everywhere. Do you have 100 heads like Raavan?”

Replying to Kharge’s comment, the BJP accused the Congress of insulting the Gujaratis and appealed to voters to “teach the opposition party a lesson.” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra referred to as on Gujarat voters to forged votes for the “son of the soil” Modi to avenge the insult” in a democratic approach.

Of the 89 seats out of the entire 182 the place polls will probably be held on December 1, as many as 35 constituencies are unfold throughout the southern districts of Bharuch, Narmada, Tapi, Dang, Surat, Valsad and Navsari. The polling can also be due in 48 seats of Saurashtra and 6 seats of Kutch district.

In 2017, the BJP had managed to win 25 of those 35 seats whereas the Congress and Bharatiya Tribal Party received eight and two seats, respectively. Of the 14 seats reserved for the STs, the BJP received solely 5. 

While the tribal-dominated areas are nonetheless thought-about BJP’s Achilles’ heel, city voters in south Gujarat stood firmly with the occasion in 2017.

ALSO READ: BJP slams Kharge for ‘Ravan’ dig at PM Modi, Congress calls it ruling occasion’s ‘anti-Dalit tirade’

In the primary part, the elections will probably be held on 48 seats of the Saurashtra zone, thought-about the centre of energy in state politics.

Due to the pro-BJP tilt of Patidar voters in Saurashtra, the occasion’s seats have steadily elevated during the last two-and-a-half many years. However, through the Patidar reservation motion, BJP suffered a loss within the 2017 polls. That is why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given significance to Saurashtra in his Gujarat tour to marginalise the loss in 2022.

The outcomes present that in 2017, out of a complete of 48 seats in Saurashtra, the Congress received 28 seats, whereas BJP received 19. BJP is anxious about 2017 outcomes, which is why it began aggressive campaigning for the final six months. An enormous cooperative assembly was held in Amreli district within the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in Rajkot and Morbi BJP National President JP Nadda held a street present. Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally held conferences in Saurashtra, together with these in Junagadh and Jam Kandorana, earlier than implementing the mannequin code of conduct.

AHMEDABAD:  As campaigning for the primary part of Gujarat meeting polls involving 89 seats got here to an finish on Tuesday for voting due on December 1, a confrontation between the ruling BJP and Congress erupted over a comment of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge about PM Narendra Modi.

Addressing a public rally in Ahmedabad’s Behrampura on Monday evening, Kharge mentioned, “We see your (Modi’s) face in corporation elections as well as in Assembly and Lok Sabha elections everywhere. Do you have 100 heads like Raavan?”

Replying to Kharge’s comment, the BJP accused the Congress of insulting the Gujaratis and appealed to voters to “teach the opposition party a lesson.” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra referred to as on Gujarat voters to forged votes for the “son of the soil” Modi to avenge the insult” in a democratic approach.

Of the 89 seats out of the entire 182 the place polls will probably be held on December 1, as many as 35 constituencies are unfold throughout the southern districts of Bharuch, Narmada, Tapi, Dang, Surat, Valsad and Navsari. The polling can also be due in 48 seats of Saurashtra and 6 seats of Kutch district.

In 2017, the BJP had managed to win 25 of those 35 seats whereas the Congress and Bharatiya Tribal Party received eight and two seats, respectively. Of the 14 seats reserved for the STs, the BJP received solely 5. 

While the tribal-dominated areas are nonetheless thought-about BJP’s Achilles’ heel, city voters in south Gujarat stood firmly with the occasion in 2017.

ALSO READ: BJP slams Kharge for ‘Ravan’ dig at PM Modi, Congress calls it ruling occasion’s ‘anti-Dalit tirade’

In the primary part, the elections will probably be held on 48 seats of the Saurashtra zone, thought-about the centre of energy in state politics.

Due to the pro-BJP tilt of Patidar voters in Saurashtra, the occasion’s seats have steadily elevated during the last two-and-a-half many years. However, through the Patidar reservation motion, BJP suffered a loss within the 2017 polls. That is why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given significance to Saurashtra in his Gujarat tour to marginalise the loss in 2022.

The outcomes present that in 2017, out of a complete of 48 seats in Saurashtra, the Congress received 28 seats, whereas BJP received 19. BJP is anxious about 2017 outcomes, which is why it began aggressive campaigning for the final six months. An enormous cooperative assembly was held in Amreli district within the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in Rajkot and Morbi BJP National President JP Nadda held a street present. Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally held conferences in Saurashtra, together with these in Junagadh and Jam Kandorana, earlier than implementing the mannequin code of conduct.