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GUJARAT ELECTION

A THREE-WAY FIGHT

As the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy delays the announcement of elections in the western state,
the ruling BJP prepares to take on arch-rival Congress as well as Aam Aadmi Party.
Can AAP create problems for the two other parties?

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Ahmedabad/New Delhi

he voting for the Gujarat As-
sembly elections will be held
Tin two phases on December
1 and 5 while the counting of votes
will be done on December 8, Chief
Election Commissioner Rajiv Ku-
mar said on Thursday. “First phase
of Assembly elections in Gujarat to
be held on 1st December & second
phase on 5th December; counting of
votes to be done on 8th December,”
he said. The CEC informed that as
many as 3,24,422 people would be
first-time voters in the state.
The Election Commission said
that there were “multiple factors”
leading to the delay in the announce-
ment of the Gujarat Assembly polls,
adding that the recent Morbi bridge
collapse tragedy was one of them.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Amit Shah being felicitated with a mace during a public meeting on Wednesday (ANI)
Kumar said,
“There were multiple factors be-
hind this. Recently a very tragic in- Shah inaugurated the “Gujarat Gaurav Yatra” in Ahmedabad on
October 13.
cident occurred there (Morbi bridge A day before the inauguration
collapse)- one of the reasons why of the “Gujarat Gaurav Yatra”,
we delayed. Also, there was state JP Nadda flagged off the ‘Gujarat
mourning in the state yesterday; so Gaurav Yatra’ in Mehsana. Chief
multiple factors.” Minister Bhupendra Patel and other
On Thursday, Union Home
Minister and senior BJP leader Amit BJP leaders were also present at the
occasion.
Shah chaired a meeting with party Addressing a public rally on
leaders in the state’s capital, Gand- the occasion, Nadda said, “BJP is a
hinagar ahead of the Gujarat Assem- pro-active, pro-responsible govern-
bly Elections. Along with the Union ment and pro-responsive govern-
Minister, Chief Minister of Gujarat ment.
Bhupendra Patel and other senior He said the BJP government un-
delegates of the party attended the derstands the plight of the people.
meeting. Amit Shah, who was earlier What did Congress do for years?
in Himachal Pradesh, another state Pitted brothers against each other,
where polls are going to be held this areas against each other and did not
year, returned to his native state in supply water where it was needed. Jo
a bid to emerge victorious in the up- vikas ki yatra chalani thi usko atkaya,
coming state elections. bhatkaya, latkaya. Now they them-
In the run-up of Bharatiya Jana-
ta Party’s (BJP) campaigning ahead Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the family of victims of the Morbi mishap in Morbi on selves are stuck...”
“Gaurav yatra is not just for Gu-
of the upcoming Gujarat Assembly Tuesday (ANI)
polls, Union Home Minister Amit Continued at next page... >>

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