Massive win in gujarat to impact future polls: Amit Shah
, ET Bureau|
Updated: Dec 03, 2017, 11.19 PM IST
AHMEDABAD: BJP president Amit Shah told ETover the course of an extensive interview that his party is confident of a massive victory in Gujarat and that the win will have an impact on subsequent elections, including in Congress-ruled Karnataka that goes to polls next year.
He also said UP local poll results were an endorsement of BJP’s “development” politics and that Rahul Gandhi’s extensive touring of Gujarat won’t bring any dividends just as it didn’t in UP. “Had he (Gandhi) toured Amethi the way he is touring Gujarat, then perhaps at least his municipality would have remained with Congress today,” Shah said of the Congress vice-president.
He also listed a number of economic “benefits” for Gujarat courtesy PM Narendra Modi. These include increasing the Narmada dam height and a rise in fiscal transfer to Gujarat.
“But as the election nears, these people (local leaders that Congress has allied with) got exposed,” he said.
He also said UP local poll results were an endorsement of BJP’s “development” politics and that Rahul Gandhi’s extensive touring of Gujarat won’t bring any dividends just as it didn’t in UP. “Had he (Gandhi) toured Amethi the way he is touring Gujarat, then perhaps at least his municipality would have remained with Congress today,” Shah said of the Congress vice-president.
He also listed a number of economic “benefits” for Gujarat courtesy PM Narendra Modi. These include increasing the Narmada dam height and a rise in fiscal transfer to Gujarat.
“But as the election nears, these people (local leaders that Congress has allied with) got exposed,” he said.
