Modi Heads To Ambaji Via Seaplane Over Sabarmati
The polling for the second phase will take place on 14 December and the results will be declared on 18 December.
Gujarat will go to polls in its second and final phase on 14 December. Tuesday, 12 December, marks the end of the high-voltage campaigning in the state, spearheaded by PM Narendra Modi and newly-minted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. The roadshows in Ahmedabad scheduled for the day by both parties have been cancelled after the Gujarat police denied permission citing law and order concerns and public inconvenience.
Rahul will be holding a press conference at Ahmedabad at 1:00 pm. Modi will also return to Ahmedabad after his visit to Ambaji temple.
The results for the Gujarat elections will be declared on 18 December.
- The final leg of campaigning for the Gujarat Assembly elections was marred by vitriol, with both the BJP and Congress tearing into each other
- Earlier, PM Modi alleged that the Congress was conspiring with Pakistan to swing the Gujarat polls
- On its part, the Congress has cried foul and demanded an apology
- Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he was “pained and anguished by falsehood and canards” being spread by PM Modi
PM Travels in Seaplane From Sabarmati Riverfront
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently travelling from Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad to Dharoi Dam via a seaplane to “promote Gujarat tourism”.
He is the first passenger to fly in the seaplane from the Sabarmati riverfront.
Modi to Travel in Seaplane Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be travelling from Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad to Dharoi Dam in a seaplane, today. After that, he will offer prayers at Ambaji temple in Banaskantha district of Gujarat.
Today's Schedule
The roadshows in Ahmedabad scheduled for the day by both parties have been cancelled after the Gujarat police denied permission citing law and order concerns and public inconvenience.
Rahul will be holding a press conference at Ahmedabad at 1:00 pm. Modi will also return to Ahmedabad after his visit to Ambaji temple.
Rahul Gandhi Addresses Rally in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi, addressing a rally in Gandhinagar, hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP government in Centre for working for the benefit of the rich.
ey say Congress has disappeared from Gujarat but why does 50% of PM Modi’s speeches is on Congress? The rest is on himsRahul Gandhi in Gandhinagar
He said that while common people faced acing problems, the big corporates in the state were happy, adding that the GST and demonetisation sturck the trading community in Gujarat.
Modi used to speak a lot about corruption. He doesn’t do that anymore.Rahul Gandhi in Gandhinagar
Gandhi also took a dig at Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah, questioning how his company’s profits increased by 16,000 times. He alleged that Amit Shah “remote controls” both Gujarat and its Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
Modi can talk whatever he wants aboutme. Troll me however he wants. But I am a Congress party worker and will never disrespect the office of Prime Minister. I will never use a bad word to talk about Modi.Rahul Gandhi in Gandhinagar
PM Modi Congratulates Rahul Gandhi on His Election as Congress President
Modi Can’t Lamely Question My Public Service Record: Manmohan
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday that he was “pained and anguished by falsehood and canards being spread” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the Gujarat elections unfold. Singh said Modi was spreading “falsehoods in a lost cause”.
The former Prime Minister's statement came after Modi, in an election rally in Gujarat on 10 December, accused a group of Congress leaders of meeting Pakistan's High Commissioner at Mani Shankar Aiyar's residence before the latter called him "neech". Modi said the meeting at Aiyar's residence was also attended by former Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Violence Reported at Hardik Patel's Rally
According to CNN-News 18, incidents of stone-pelting took place during a rally by Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel in the Bapunagar area of Ahmedabad.
Clashes between BJP and Congress workers are also said to have taken place at the rally, CNN-News18 further reported.
No details are available as of yet on whether there were any injuries. However, the clashes seem to have ended.
Congress Leaders Born With Golden Spoons Will Never Understand What Poverty Is: Modi
Speaking Gujarat's Patan, Prime Minister reiterated his government's pro-poor agenda and rejected the pro-industrialist accuasations levelled against him by Congress.
During peak summer, I would go to the villages of Gujarat and ask the parents to educate their children. Whose children were they? Were they Ambani’s children? No. They were children of the poor. We are working for poor.... Sadly, Congress leaders born with golden spoons will never understand what poverty is.PM Modi
Addressing the people Modi said that the Congress was at the final stages of the “Blue Whale Game”, the conclusion of which will be seen on 18 December, that is the counting day.
Watch: Congress President-Elect Rahul Gandhi Addresses a Rally in Vadodara, Gujarat
Watch: PM Narendra Modi Addresses a Rally in Patan, Gujarat.
Watch: Rahul Gandhi Addresses a Rally in Viramgam, Gujarat
In Gujarat's Viramgam, Rahul Gandhi told the people how he doesn’t have much, while Narendra Modi has control of the government.
The Congress stands for the truth, he remarked.jk
Watch: Rahul Gandhi Addresses a Rally in Banaskantha, Gujarat
Taking a dig at Modi at a rally in Banaskantha, Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi said:
BJP’s vikas yatra has flopped the same way a film flops. Modiji is talking about Japan, Pakistan and Afghanistan instead of Gujarat. Modiji, you should be talking about Gujarat here.Rahul Gandhi
Watch: Congress Refutes Modi's Charges of Conspiring With Pakistan
Refuting the accusations levelled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech on Sunday that Congress has been conspiring with Pakistan, senior party leader Anand Sharma said:
The accusations are outrageous. This is just an attempt to polarise ahead of second phase of voting (in Gujarat).This also shows his (Modi’s) desperation, and that the BJP’s loss is now guaranteed.Anand Sharma, Congress leader
Modi on Sunday had accused a group of Congress leaders of meeting Pakistan's High Commissioner and Foreign Minister at Aiyar's residence before the latter called him "neech". Modi said the meeting at Aiyar's residence was also attended by former Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Sharma asserted that the ex-Pakistan Foreign Minister was in India to attend a wedding.
There was a dinner organised for him in which there were former diplomats and the former Army chief, among other dignitaries. Does the PM think they were all conspiring with Pakistan? This is reprehensible. The PM should apologise.Anand Sharma
Calling the PM's statements highly irresponsible, unwarranted and condemnable, Sharma urged Modi to "restore the dignity of the political discourse".
Watch: The Quint's Ground Report From Viramgam Where Rahul Gandhi Will Address a Rally
Modi & Rahul Denied Permission For Roadshow
The Gujarat police have denied requests from the BJP and Congress, seeking permission to hold roadshows featuring PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi, respectively. The roadshows have been called off in lieu of law and order concerns as well as to avoid public inconvenience, Ahmedabad police commissioner Anup Kumar Singh told ANI.
Modi was scheduled to hold a roadshow in Ahmedabad on 12 December, two days before the second phase of polling in Gujarat.
(With inputs from ANI)
Hardik Patel Holds Motorcycle Rally in Ahmedabad
Speaking to ANI during a motorcycle rally in Ahmedabad, Patidar leader Hardik Patel said:
I am getting a very good response from the people and I am very confident.Hardik Patel
Posters Showing Rahul Gandhi With Salman Nizami Spotted in Ahmedabad
As the battle between the BJP and Congress for Gujarat intensifies, posters showing Rahul Gandhi with alleged Congress member Salman Nizami have been spotted in Ahmedabad.
The poster has text reading "Whoever is a friend of Afzal (Guru) is a traitor for the nation", accompanied by a tweet purportedly by Nizami supporting Afzal Guru.
The mysterious Salman Nizami was targeted by Modi in one of his speeches in Gujarat on 9 December.
The authenticity of the picture and the tweet in the poster is not verified.