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NATION DECEMBER 09, 2022 | The Indian Eye 8

With a mega roadshow in

Ahmedabad, Modi pushes BJP

campaign for phase

The second phase of polling will be held on December 5 and results will be declared on December 8
along with that of the Himachal Pradesh elections

Elisbridge, Vejalpur, Ghatlodia,
OUR BUREAU
Naranpur, Sabarmati were some of
Ahmedabad the constituencies the PM covered
during his roadshow.
ver 60 per cent voting was PM took a swipe at the Con-
witnessed in the first phase
Oof Gujarat assembly polls on gress over its past ‘Garibi Hatao’
campaign, claiming that poverty ac-
Thursday. According to latest data tually increased under the grand old
from Election Commission, polling party’s rule as it only raised slogans
percentage was 60.47. Gujarat Chief and misguided people instead of
Electoral Officer P Bharathi told doing any concrete work for them.
reporters that the polling was held He was addressing a rally in Bodeli
peacefully.
town of Chhota Udepur district in
Gujarat, where Assembly elections
The fate of 788 candidates will be held in its second phase on

in 89 constituencies spread December 5.
The PM’s mega rally came on
across 19 districts has been a day the first phase of polling was
sealed in ballot boxes. The conducted in Gujarat.8. Results of
the Himachal Pradesh Assembly
voter turnout was over 59 per elections will also be declared on the

cent till 5 pm. The total eligi- same day.
As the second phase of the Gu-
ble electorate in the first phase jarat Assembly elections is scheduled
had 1,24,33,362 male and to be held on December 5, the top
leadership of the Bharatiya Janata
1,1,5,42,811 female voters. Party (BJP) has intensified its cam-
paigning across 93 constituencies.
The second phase of polling Modi will address four public
will be held on December 5 and re- rallies in Gujarat on Friday starting
sults will be declared on December with Kanakraj, then Patan and Soji-
8 along with that of the Himachal tra, and finally Ahmedabad, where
Pradesh elections. he will hold a roadshow as well.
Meanwhile, Ahmedabad saw Union Minister Amit Shah will also
great enthusiasm among the people hold rallies in Bechraji, Vijapur, and
as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Gandhinagar South and will have a
Thursday held a massive roadshow Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded during a public rally for the second phase of roadshow in Vadodara.
in the city. People lined both sides of The Congress which is exuding
the streets through which the Prime the Gujarat Assembly elections, in Chhota Udaipur on Thursday. (ANI Photo) confidence to come to power has run
Minister’s convoy passed. Shower- a relatively lowkey campaign man-
ing petals on his convoy, the crowd taji Subhash Chandra Bose during Naroda Gam and ended at Gandhi- aged mainly through Chief Minister
chanted ‘Modi...Modi’ as they help his roadshow. nagar South constituency. PM Modi of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot with a
up his posters. The Prime Minister Thursday saw Modi returning to made at least 35 stops at memorials few rallies by Rahul Gandhi during
was also seen greeting people and the campaign trail in Gujarat after a of prominent personalities, including his Bharat Jodo Yatra that is passing
waving at them. gap of two days. His three-hour mega Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, Sardar through Gujarat.
Be it roads, balconies or rooftops roadshow spanned 16 Assembly con- Vallabhbhai Patel and Netaji Subhas Ashok Gehlot and Congress Pres-
of buildings, the locals crammed ev- stituencies which will poll in the sec- Chandra Bose, on the way. ident Mallikarjun Kharge will hold the
ery available space to catch a glimpse ond phase on December 5. Thakkarbapanagar, Bapun- rallies in Bhiloda and Gandhi Nagar
of the Prime Minister. The PM also Covering a distance of over 50 agar, Nikol, Amraiwadi, Maninagar, South where Amit Shah is sched-
paid floral tributes to a statue of Ne- kms, the roadshow started from the Danilimbda, Jamalpur Khadia, uled to address the public meeting.

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