Polls to decide Gujarat's fate in next 25 years, says PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the assembly elections in Gujarat will determine where the state will be in the next 25 yearsAddressing a public rally in the Botad district of Gujarat on Sunday the PM said it was for voters to shape the destiny of the state in the coming yearsExhorting people to vote the BJP back to power in the western state the PM during his 30minutelong speech in native tongue Gujarati said This election is not only for the next five years it will determine what Gujarat looks lie in the next 25 yearsThe PMs visit to the Botad district was part of a jampacked campaign schedule on SundayHowever he did visit the Somnath temple earlier on Sunday and offered prayersLater at a separate public rally at Dhorarji the Prime Minister took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his image with social activist Medha Patkar on the sidelines of the Maharashtra leg of the ongoing Bharat Jodo YatraAlso Read West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likely to meet PM Modi on Dec 5Without naming Rahul the PM said You would have seen a picture published in the newspaper of a Congress leader standing with those who oppose the Narmada Project You should ask them with what face are they coming to seek votes from you They did everything to stall the Narmada project for decades together and ensured that no money including from the World Bank came to Gujarat They maligned the image of GujaratHe said the matter eventually went to court and the woman who spearheaded the movement against the Narmada project was pictured along with the Congress leaderThis shows that you Rahul are only working to destoy Gujarat PM Modi said at DhorajiThe Assmeboy polls in Gujarat will be conducted in two phases on December 1 and 5 The counting of votes will take place along with those of Himachal Pradesh on December 8The state has been a BJP stronghold for long and the party has set its sights on returning to power with a handsome majority this time as wellHowever it faces a stiff electoral challenge from the Arvind Kejriwalled Aam Aadmi Party AAP which has named Isudan Gadhvi as its chief ministerial candidateCongress is also hoping to put its best electoral foot forward to unseat the BJP governmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever