Guwahati: BJP’s overwhelming victory in the recently completed Gujarat Assembly elections, according to Union Home Minister Amit Shah will change the “entire political scene” and will also have a “positive impact” on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Shah cited the BJP’s historic victory in 2022 in which the party won the most seats, shattering both its own and the state’s best record, and said that the results proved Gujarat to be the party’s “stronghold.”
The Home Minister made his comments during the Surat City and District BJP’s virtual Sunday felicitation session for newly elected MLAs.
“Many new parties came in this election, and made different claims and guarantees, but all these parties were crushed after the results. The results showed that the people of Gujarat were ready to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. Today, this massive victory has served as a strong message to the country that the Gujarat region was and will remain the stronghold of the BJP,” Shah said.
“This victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections is a source of enthusiasm, inspiration and energy for workers across the country. This victory will change the entire political picture and the results will have a positive impact on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as well,” he added while also congratulating Gujarat BJP chief CR Paatil and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel among others on the victory.
In addition to praising the party members, Shah remarked that the workers from the BJP’s booth level-page committee to the state president were responsible for the record-breaking wins in the 2022 assembly elections.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has immense popularity among the people of the country and Gujarat and that is the reason why he has won 26 out of 26 seats in Gujarat twice in the Lok Sabha,” Shah said.
He also brought up Prime Minister Modi’s campaign stops throughout the state, saying that they created a “pro-BJP storm” in Gujarat that the party members used to win votes.
“After the election visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat, a pro-BJP storm broke out and the workers converted it into votes,” he said.
The home minister praised the BJP’s efforts to advance development in the state’s remote and tribal regions and claimed that the party has served as an example of an honest and open administration in which no fraud has occurred.
“In 1990 and again from 1998 till today till 2022, Gujarati people have continuously reposed faith in BJP under the leadership of PM Modi. BJP has led development in far-flung areas including tribal, jungle, Sagar and Kutch. Apart from this, the BJP has set an example of a transparent, honest and dedicated government without a single scam in its rule so far. Today there is BJP from Gandhinagar to Gram Panchayat,” he said.
Shah said that numerous schemes were transformed into reality on the ground citing the double-engine government in the state and at the Centre.
“Under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, many schemes of the Central and State Governments were brought to the ground, and new dimensions of development were created,” he said.
Further praising the BJP activists, Shah stated that they had put in a lot of effort, went door to door, stayed in touch, and informed the populace of all the government’s accomplishments.
Shah told the party members that the state government must live up to the citizens’ aspirations.
“For the next five years, we all have to worry about taking PM Modi’s message and public welfare schemes to the people. The responsibility of the BJP has increased, we have to fulfil the hopes and expectations of the people,” he said.
The Assembly elections, for which the results were counted on December 8, saw the BJP win a staggering 156 of the 182 seats.