Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah arrived in Gujarat on Wednesday to a rapturous welcome by the Gujarat BJP.
While he is expected to hold a series of meetings with state office bearers to finalise the election strategy for each of the 182 Assembly seats, he did set the tone for the campaigning by taking on the Opposition and predicted that Modi's Vijay Rath will roll into Gujarat as well.
“The Congress’ dream of winning the Gujarat assembly elections were dashed on the day results for the recent elections in five states were declared. No 'Aaliya, Maaliya, Jamaaliya’ stands any chance of defeating the BJP in Gujarat," said Amit Shah at Vijay Vishwas Karyakarta Sammelan in the city.
Amit Shah also took a dig at Rahul Gandhi for not being able to see the changes taking place in the country.
“Rahul Gandhi said in a meeting that the situation in Kashmir hasn’t changed after Modi became PM. He will not be able to see the change because he has put Italian spectacles on. Earlier Pakistanis fired the first and last bullet. Now, Pakistanis still fire the first bullet but Indian soldiers fire the last bullet,” Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, too, echoed what Shah said.
“The government will further tighten the anti-cow slaughter law and make it more stringent. We will ensure that 'gau mata' is protected zealously. We will clamp down the practice of cows being illegally and clandestinely transported for slaughter," said Rupani.
Meanwhile, the BJP president hinted that the Gujarat Assembly elections will be held as per schedule in November-December later this year.
Although state leaders kept insisting through the day that the BJP is all geared-up to face elections anytime, Shah said: “Narendra Modi’s winning chariot, that has enabled victories in several states, will arrive in Gujarat as well in November.”
But one can never be too sure.
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