Mounting a scathing attack on the Congress and Gandhis for considering Gujarat and Gujaratis as “irritants in the eye”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday set the the tone for the BJP campaign in assembly elections in the state, saying the party’s impressive showing in Uttar Pradesh had forced “political pundits” to tell the Opposition “give 2019 to Modi, start focusing on 2024”. Describing the assembly elections as a fight between “vikasvaad” (development) of the BJP and “vanshvaad” (dynasty) of the Congress, Modi told a huge gathering of party ‘page pramukh’ that the Congress, while in power at the Centre, tried its best to jail him after sending Amit Shah behind bars — Shah was arrested in July 2010 in connection with the Sohrabuddin encounter case. “Jab mein mukhya mantri tha, kaise kaise shadyantra. Mujhe jail me dalne ke liye aap ne…
PM Modi frames Gujarat assembly fight: Will be development versus dynasty
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by Krupali
- Categories: Politics
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