Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017: PM Modi addresses the people in Prachi.
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed four back to back rallies in poll-bound Gujarat today, where assembly elections will be held on December 9 and 14.
The Prime Minister started his campaign today from Morbi. After that he addressed a rally in Prachi, which is near Somnath. PM Modi addressed his third rally for the day in Palitana in Bhavnagar. He addressed his last rally for the day in Navsari in south Gujarat.
The polling for the two-phase elections in the state, having total 182 assembly seats, will take place on December 9 and 14 and votes will be counted on December 18.
While 89 seats of Saurashtra and South Gujarat region will go to polls in the first phase, the election in the remaining 93 constituencies in central and northern regions will be held in the second phase.
Here are the live updates of PM Narendra Modi's visit to Gujarat:
Nov 29, 2017 18:44 (IST)
A child dressed as PM Narendra Modi welcomed him in Navsari.
Nov 29, 2017 18:22 (IST)
"I fail to understand how someone can mock Swachh Bharat Mission and surgical strikes," PM Narendra Modi said in Navsari while referring to the grand old party.
Nov 29, 2017 18:21 (IST)
"The Congress version of GST places salt, which a poor person wants with expensive cigarettes and alcohol. How can I allow this? Our fight is for giving the poor their rights while Congress fights for the interests of the rich," he said.
Nov 29, 2017 18:20 (IST)
PM Modi made another reference to Rahul Gandhi's branding of GST as "Gabbar Singh" tax. "When we remember people, we remember Mahatma Gandhi, Lord Buddha, Sardar Patel, Netaji Bose, Bhagat Singh but they remember Gabbar Singh. What more can I say about their thought process," he said. Earlier in the day, he made a similar remark saying only people who loot could think of dacoits.
Nov 29, 2017 18:15 (IST)
To counter PM Modi's rallies in the election-bound state, public meetings were also organised by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Hardik Patel from the Patidar community. Hardik Patel tweeted photos of his Morbi tour and said he discussed reservation and farmers' issues with the people there. Mr Gandhi is also on a two-day tour dedicated for poll-campaigning.
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Nov 29, 2017 18:03 (IST)
Attacking Congress over Doklam issue, PM Narendra Modi, while speaking to the people of Navsari, said, "On the issue of Doklam my question to Congress is clear - Why do you believe the Chinese and not our army and our foreign ministry?"
Nov 29, 2017 17:56 (IST)
Congress loves asking me - Modi ji what did you do. I want to tell them due to our efforts, the corrupt are languishing in jail. They could also have done that but for them fighting corruption is a non-issue: PM Modi in Navsari
Nov 29, 2017 17:53 (IST)
"During UP elections two leaders set forth to campaign and media went overboard in glorifying them. They wrote that Modi is finished. The result is for everyone to see. And, what did these two leaders do in UP? They called Gujaratis donkeys," PM Modi said in Navsari while referring to the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh where Congress forged an alliance with Samajwadi Party. However, BJP claimed a landslide victory eventually.
Nov 29, 2017 17:49 (IST)
Predicting that Congress would be defeated in Gujarat, PM Modi said that Congress disliked Gujarat. Earlier in the day, he had said that Congress was "anti-Gujarat."
"Victory and defeat are a part of life. There was a time when our party would distribute sweets when we saved our deposits. These things happen in a democracy, Congress should not be consumed by such hatred," he said.
Nov 29, 2017 17:45 (IST)
There are three elections going on- one in UP local bodies, one in Gujarat and the third one for the Congress President. In the first two, the BJP will surely win. And in the third one, no one except one family will win: PM Modi in Navsari
Nov 29, 2017 17:33 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi is now addressing a rally in Navsari.
Nov 29, 2017 17:32 (IST)
Ahead of his fourth rally in Navsari, PM Modi tweeted pictures of the rallies he addressed today from his official account.
Nov 29, 2017 17:17 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi will now address his day's fourth election rally in Gujarat's Navsari.
Nov 29, 2017 17:01 (IST)
While PM Narendra Modi addressed rallies in Gujarat, BJP National President Amit Shah today refuted the "Chai Wala" jibe, which was recently used by Yuva Desh, Indian Youth Congress's online magazine. Taking a dig at the grand old party, with a reference to the dynasty politics, he said, "Is it necessary to belong to the Gandhi-Nehru family to become the prime minister of the country? We are proud of the humble origins of PM Modi." Mr Shah made the remark while speaking to a news channel, BJP tweeted from its official Twitter handle.
Nov 29, 2017 16:16 (IST)
They hate development, they hate Gujarat, they hate Modi and now they hate sweat also. That is because they have never had to sweat it out in life and work hard. They are mocking everyone who works hard. This is their mindset. Such hatred for the poor is shocking: PM Narendra Modi in Palitana
Nov 29, 2017 16:13 (IST)
Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, who was also born in Gujarat, PM Modi said, "We have the legacy of Fakir Gandhi - the great Mahatma. They have the legacy of royalty. They were born with all privileges and are disconnected with the roots."
Nov 29, 2017 15:58 (IST)
"If the Congress was in power the Narmada waters would never come here and the farmers would have been disadvantaged. Congress has tried everything possible to delay the project," PM Narendra Modi said in Palitana.
"When I was Chief Minister I would plead to the Congress, even Congress leaders in Gujarat that let us get the Narmada project moving, let us help our farmers. But, the Congress was not interested."
Nov 29, 2017 15:48 (IST)
Speaking at the rally in Palitana, PM Narendra Modi again spoke about the water shortage in the region. "Do you remember the water shortage in the region? This is because the Congress controlled the tanker business. It suited them to have this shortage. The BJP has changed this in the last 22 years. We have made the tanker industry irrelevant," he said. PM Modi made similar reference about the apathy of Congress towards the water shortage in the region earlier at the rally in Morbi.
Nov 29, 2017 15:26 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi has reached Palitana to address his third election rally for the day.
Nov 29, 2017 15:21 (IST)
As PM Narendra Modi addresses four rallies in Gujarat today, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the BJP deserved the credit for development in Gujarat.
"Whatever Gujarat has today is all due to BJP. Result of development brought in by Modi Ji, when he was CM, can be seen today. Bhuj was destroyed in earthquake and is flourishing. Narmada's water is now available everywhere in the state. Congress & Rahul must see this," he told ANI. Yogi Aditynath-led UP is observing the third phase of civic polls today as he faces a popularity test nearly eight months after the BJP was elected to power in a landslide victory in assembly elections.
