Gujarat Polls: Modi To Kick Off BJP’s Campaign On Nov. 27
Polling for the two-phase elections in Gujarat will take place on Dec. 9 and 14.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address eight rallies on Nov. 27 and 29 in different parts of Saurashtra and south Gujarat, where polling for the first phase of assembly polls will be held on Dec. 9.
On the morning of Nov. 27, Modi will address people in Bhuj town of Kutch district and later in the day in Jasdan town of Rajkot, Dhari in Amreli and Kamrej in Surat district, Gujarat BJP in-charge Bhupender Yadav told a press conference.
On Nov. 29, Modi will address poll rallies in Morbi and Prachi villages near Somnath, Palitana in Bhavnagar and at Navsari in south Gujarat.
Each rally has been organised in such a way that people from five to six surrounding constituencies can also attend it.Bhupender Yadav, Gujarat BJP In-Charge
The polling for the two-phase elections in the state, having total 182 assembly seats, will take place on Dec. 9 and 14 and votes will be counted on Dec. 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.
On Nov. 26 and 27, several prominent BJP leaders will address rallies in different parts of state where the first phase of polling is scheduled to be held. The star campaigners include Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states – Yogi Adityanath and Vasundhara Raje – as well as several Gujarat BJP leaders, said Yadav.