Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah will address the Gujarat Gaurav Maha Sammelan on Tuesday to culminate the fortnight-long Gujarat Gaurav Yatra, party said on Sunday. Addressing a press meet in Ahamedabad, BJP state president Jitu Vaghani also launched a blistering attack on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, calling him a 'migratory bird'.
Vaghani said Gandhi was not bothered about Gujarat and came to the state only during elections. He alleged that what Gandhi had been doing was just a show-off and that the Congress had been out of power in Gujarat for several years only because they were not bothered about the state.
Vaghani claimed that the Gujarat Gaurav Yatra was an overwhelming success. Without naming either the Congress or Patidar leaders, who have been demanding reservation under the OBC category, Vaghani alleged that some protests of showing black flags were “out of frustration”. Those were “failed attempts”, he said.
He exuded confidence that the people of Gujarat had made up their mind to elect the BJP with more than 150 seats. Without naming the campaign Vikas gando thayo che (development has gone berserk), Vaghani said that their yatra was an answer to the “misguided” campaign and that in the forthcoming elections Congress would be wiped off from the history of Gujarat.
The yatra covered 4,471 kilometers and 139 assembly seats and saw Union ministers and chief ministers of BJP ruled states campaigning at different places. Elections to the 182-seat state assembly are likely to be held at the end of the year.
Vaghani said over seven lakh people would attend the gathering on Tuesday. Before Modi and Shah address the convention, a rally of 10,000 youth will be taken out from various parts of Ahmedabad and will reach the venue near Gandhinagar.
