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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Gujarat Elections 2017 LIVE: Modi, Rahul Gandhi both end day’s campaign in Mehsana
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Gujarat Elections 2017 LIVE: Modi, Rahul Gandhi both end day’s campaign in Mehsana

Narendra Modi to address rallies in Lunavada, Mehsana, Anand and Bodeli, BJP president Amit Shah to attend public meetings in Dahod and Kheda. Here are the live updates from Gujarat elections today

Narendra Modi will address four election rallies today as part of his ongoing campaign for Gujarat elections. Photo: PTIPremium
Narendra Modi will address four election rallies today as part of his ongoing campaign for Gujarat elections. Photo: PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will continue their campaign trail for Gujarat elections on Saturday, even as the state votes in the first phase of polls.

Modi began the campaign trail with a rally in Lunavada town of Mahisagar district in north Gujarat. The prime minister will later address campaign rallies in Mehsana, Anand and Bodeli. Amit Shah will address two public meetings in Dahod and as many in Kheda district.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be in Vadnagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home town, to address a public meeting.

Here are the latest updates and development from BJP’s campaign trail for Gujarat elections today:

08.50 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks people for turning out in record numbers for voting in first phase of Gujarat elections. (PTI)

■ 7.30pm: When our government comes to power, it will provide you free of cost medical facility in government hospitals and free medicines in government pharmacies, says Rahul Gandhi in Vadnagar, Mehsana. (ANI)

■ 6.02pm: Amit Shah, during his public meeting in Matar, raked up the issue of terrorism and terrorist attacks on India during the rule of the Congress-led UPA government. “In the Manmohan-Sonia government, for 10 years, terrorists entered India and wreaked havoc. Narendra Modi took revenge for Uri attacks with a surgical strike in under 10 days," said Amit Shah.

■ 5.56pm: “The son of a poor mother, the son of Gujarat’s soil and a chaiwala has brought down the Congress. This is why the Congress is using derogatory language," says Modi in Mehsana.

■ 5.52pm: Congress VP Rahul Gandhi has targeted Tata Motors once again for their Nano plant in Sanand. “Villagers gave land and water for Tata Nano factory. None got employment. Today, that factory produces two cars a day. Have you seen Tata Nano on the streets? Where are the cars?," asked Rahul Gandhi during his rally in Vadnagar, Mehsana, on Saturday.

■ 5.51pm: Congress has been working out on its Gujarat manifesto for the last three months. We went to all sections of society and asked people what they want their government to do. We don’t talk about ourselves. We talk about what they (BJP) did in the last 22 years and what Congress will do in next 5 years, says Rahul Gandhi in Vadnagar, Mehsana. (News18)

■ 5.45pm: Targeting Narendra Modi in his hometown of Vadnagar, Congress VP Rahul Gandhi said the Gujarat elections are bigger than any of them. “This election is bigger than me and Modi. This is bigger than Congress and BJP. This election is about Gujarat’s future, said Gandhi.

■ 5.38pm: BJP president Amit Shah is addressing a public meeting in Matar, Gujarat.

■ 5.35pm: The prime minister in his speeches talks about himself and nothing, says Rahul Gandhi in Mehsana’s Vadnagar town. “But this election is not about Modiji or me, it is about Gujarat’s future," says Gandhi. (ANI)

■ 5.26 pm: “Let us vow not to let Congress win a single seat in North Gujarat, in every constituency BJP will not lose. We will make Congress pay for their sins," Modi says in Mehsana. (Firstpost)

■ 5.17 pm: “We have delivered on the promise of opening a dialysis centre in every district, we are providing free dialysis to the common people...and with this aashirvaad, my campaign keeps running," PM Narendra Modi said at a rally in Mehsana. (Firstpost)

■ 5.08 pm: Congress has promised reservation in Gujarat to a community. Is it going to snatch it away from SC/STs or OBCs or is it just like quota promise to Muslims?: Modi in Mehsana. (PTI)

■ 5.02pm: The Congress has carried out corruption in India, spread communal hatred, says Narendra Modi in Gujarat. (BJP on Twitter)

■ 4.57pm: Without development there is no solution to the problems India faces, says PM Narendra Modi in Mehsana.

4.15pm: PM Narendra Modi has started addressing his rally in Mehsana. (ANI)

3.06pm: “Congress party is synonymous with corruption. Their corrupt practices will never be accepted in Gujarat," PM Modi says in Anand.

2.26pm: “What is the fault of Gujarat’s farmers? The government can write off the debt of industrialists but not farmers," says Rahul Gandhi.

■ 2.23pm: “BJP gave 45,000 hectare of land from five villages in Kutch to Adani at Rs1 per meter and the same land was later sold by Adani to government sector companies at Rs3,000 per meter. And Modi says development has taken place," says Rahul Gandhi in Patan.

2.21pm: “BJP gave the entire land of five villages to set up Nano factory, promising job opportunities to the villagers, but no one has got any job in that factory," says Rahul Gandhi in Patan.

2.18pm: Rahul Gandhi in Patan says, “This election is not about PM Modi, it is about Gujarat and the future of its people."

2.11pm: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is addressing an election rally in Patan. “They have everything, central govt, UP govt, Maharashtra govt, IB...everything...but Congress party has nothing but the truth of Gujarat," Gandhi said. “Jaadu ka khel hai.. 33,000 crore rupaye, aapki zameen, aapki bijli... sab gayab hogaya. Mazzaa agaya! Kisko? 5-10 udyogpatiyon ko (It’s magic, Rs33,000 crore, your land, your electricity, all gone. Who benefitted? 5-10 businessmen)," he adds.

2.05pm: PM Modi said in Bodeli that the Congress party will not win in Gujarat. “Congress’s wish to defeat Modi will not fulfil in this birth," he said. (Tv9 Gujarati)

1.55pm: PM Modi is addressing a campaign rally in Bodeli. “Congress leaders are unable to understand and identify with the aspirations of the tribal communities and the farmers." (ANI)

1.24pm: “BJP has its government in Gujarat for 22 years. I will only ask, what is the reason development is missing in the prime minister’s speeches. I asked 10 questions on Gujarat’s report card but no answers came. No manifesto till the campaign for the first phase of polling ended. So, ‘ab bhashan hi shasan hai’ (does governance mean mere speeches now)," Rahul Gandhi asked on Twitter. (PTI)

1.19pm: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today stepped up attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking why there is no mention of development in his speeches during the Gujarat election campaign. Gandhi said he did not get an answer to even one of the 10 questions he had asked Modi on Gujarat’s report card, despite the BJP being in power in the state for 22 years, and wondered if governance meant mere speeches. (PTI)

12.41pm: PM Modi on Congress promising quota to Patidars: “Congress has promised reservation in Gujarat to a community. Are they going to snatch it away from SC/STs or OBCs or is it just like quota promise to Muslims?" (PTI)

PM Narendra Modi during his election rally for assembly in Lunavada town of Panchmahal district of Gujarat on Saturday. Photo: PTI
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PM Narendra Modi during his election rally for assembly in Lunavada town of Panchmahal district of Gujarat on Saturday. Photo: PTI

12.38pm: “Congress promised reservation to Muslims in various states. Have they been able to fulfil the promise?," asks Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a poll rally. (PTI)

Modi tears into Congress over tweets by Salman Nizami

Prime Minister Narendra Modi latched on to tweets by one Salman Nizami who, he said, was a Congress leader to tear into the opposition party for allegedly questioning his parentage.

“There is one Congress youth leader called Salman Nizami, who is campaigning for Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat. He said on Twitter that Rahul Gandhi’s father (Rajiv Gandhi) and grandmother (Indira Gandhi) had sacrificed their lives, while his great grandfather (Jawaharlal Nehru) was a freedom fighter. Okay, very good, we do not have a problem with that," Modi said. “Then he (a reference to Nizami) went on to ask that Modi should answer who is his father and mother," he said, quoting from the purported tweets of Nizami.

Modi disapproved of the use of this kind of language in public discourse. “Do we use this language in public discourse? Do we ask such things, this Salman Nizami is their star campaigner?" Modi said. “What else has he tweeted, he is from Kashmir and he says he wants Aazad Kashmir. He called Indian armed forces rapists?" (PTI)

12.34pm: Congress leader Rajiv Shukla responds to PM Modi’s remarks about Salman Nizami: “Salman Nizami kaun hai hum jaante hi nahi. He does not hold any position in the party. We can also say that there is some random person Ram Lal in BJP who said something."

12.19pm: “When Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister, Muslim women pleaded with his government to abolish Triple Talaq but his advisors told him that if he did it, he would lose the elections. Those who couldn’t give Muslim sisters their rights are today talking about Hindu-Muslim politics. We will bring a law against Triple Talaq in Parliament," says PM Narendra Modi.

12.08pm: “Congress has not given OBCs their constitutional rights for 25 years. We passed a law in Lok Sabha but the Congress is holding it in Rajya Sabha, where they have majority. We have pleaded with them for the sake of my OBC brothers and sisters but they are adamant on not clearing it in Rajya Sabha," says PM Narendra Modi.

12.01pm: “I want to tell all Congress leaders who are abusing me, mocking my poor family, asking who my parents are-this nation is my everything. Every moment of my time is devoted to India and 125 crore Indians," PM Modi in Lunavada. (ANI)

11.55am: “In every part of the nation, the Congress has misled the Muslim community. They have made fake promises of reservations for Muslims but in no state have they fulfilled their promise," says PM Modi. (ANI)

11.54pm: “Congress does not have any idea that they are hurting the people of Gujarat by abusing Modi," says PM Modi.

11.52am: “I want to answer them who are asking me about my parents, that Bharat Maa is my mother and father ," PM Modi in Lunavada. (Tv9 Gujarati)

11.48am: “Salman Nizami asks on Twitter- Modi who is your father, who is your mother? Among the other things he says- he calls for Azad Kashmir. He calls our army rapists. How can the people accept such people like Salman Nizami? He also says there will be an Afzal from every home," says PM Modi. (ANI)

11.42am: “There is a youth Congress leader Salman Nizami, he is even campaigning for Congress in Gujarat. He wrote on Twitter about Rahul Ji’s father, grandmother. That is ok but he asks - Modi tell me who is your Mother, who is your father? Such language can’t even be used for enemies," says PM Modi in his election speech. (ANI)

11.34am: “ Congress has been rejected comprehensively across the nation. Gujarat too will reject the Congress and will punish them for their politics," says PM Modi in Lunavada. (News18)

■ 11.28 am: Narendra Modi has started addressing BJP election rally in Lunavada town of Mahisagar district in north Gujarat. (ANI)

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Published: 09 Dec 2017, 11:30 AM IST
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