Through PTI
GUJARAT: Congress MLA and Dalit chief Jignesh Mevani feels a “silent wave” has gripped the Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration-ruled Gujarat the place a metamorphosis is inevitable, and the impending state Meeting polls will give a brand new path to the rustic.
The Congress will win 120 out of the entire 182 Meeting seats within the state polls, scheduled in two stages on December 1 and 5, he claimed in an interview with PTI.
“This election is in opposition to autocracy, unemployment and value upward push,” he stated.
Mevani (41), who’s eyeing a 2nd time period from Vadgam, this time at the Congress price tag, is slogging it out within the ballot enviornment, masking round 10 villages in an afternoon in his Meeting seat, reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) applicants.
He used to be elected as an unbiased MLA from the similar seat in 2017 with the Congress’s reinforce.
“This time there’s a silent revolution, a silent wave has gripped the state. Other folks have made up their thoughts as they believe that sufficient is sufficient,” Mevani claimed in keeping with a query that the BJP is regarded as unbeatable in Gujarat.
Mevani stated the “Gujarat elections will give a brand new path to the rustic”.
The MLA stated his overview is that the Congress will win 120 Meeting seats and lay the basis for rebuilding Gujarat.
“A metamorphosis is inevitable,” he stated.
“Despite the fact that the BJP is attempting rake up emotional problems comparable to Hindutva, this time it may not paintings,” the Congress chief stated, including he has been telling other folks to vote for him protecting in thoughts the cost of a gasoline cylinder.
“Other folks elected (Top Minister) Modiji with nice love, no longer as soon as however two times, however after such a lot of years unemployment has no longer reduced, worth upward push has no longer stopped,” he stated.
“Now, other folks have witnessed that they’re a repressive executive as they began concentrated on those that lift their voice in opposition to them together with opposition leaders, advocates, reporters. They (other folks) understood that it is a dictatorial executive,” he stated.
Requested about Top Minister Narendra Modi having a fan following and an air of mystery of unbeatability in Gujarat, Mevani claimed, “He does no longer have an air of mystery, however it has been constructed by means of cash energy, public family members and symbol development.
“It’s to be noticed what number of people will come to hear him on their very own if he does a public assembly with out the use of officers (equipment) and protecting buses to ferry the folks,” he stated.
Mevani claimed the time has come for the high minister to ‘retire’.
“He must retire as he does no longer have anything else new to mention now, not anything to supply, other folks shouldn’t have a lot expectancies from him,” the legislator stated.
“He (Modi) stated they are going to make sensible towns, the place are sensible towns? They stated they are going to give employment to 2 crore other folks, the place are two crore jobs? They stated they are going to give everybody Rs 15 lakh of their account the place is the cash? What have other folks were given together with his type of vikas (construction)? What took place to his slogan of ‘acche din’– not anything,” Mevani added.
He additionally brushed aside claims of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration being a 3rd drive within the state.
“There is not any race right here. Mark my phrases, the AAP is not going to win even a unmarried seat in Gujarat,” he stated.
“No birthday party can win elections in any state by way of social media marketing campaign for two-four months and setting up a couple of the city corridor conferences. The place are their staff, they’re nowhere to be noticed right here (in Vadgam),” he stated.
However, Mevani said that All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) can devour into his votes within the Vadgam seat.
The Asaududdin Owaisi-led AIMIM has fielded 13 applicants within the state, together with one from the Vagdam seat.
“The AIMIM will wreck my votes in my opinion and of alternative Congress applicants (in different seats), They can not win right here, what else can they do? However they are able to simplest make the BJP win by way of splitting the votes. Those that are within the combat in opposition to fascism, those that wish to save democracy and the Charter don’t do that,” he stated.
Mevani’s supporters wish to see him as the executive minister of Gujarat if the Congress involves energy and they’re telling this to citizens in his village conferences.
Requested about this, the MLA stated, “It’s for the Congress prime command and birthday party MLAs to make a decision who would be the leader minister of Gujarat. First let Congress get a majority and simplest then do a lot of these questions come. Mevani expressed self belief he’ll win with a thumping majority for the second one time from Vadgam. The ambience this is in my favour greater than what I had anticipated,” he stated.
GUJARAT: Congress MLA and Dalit chief Jignesh Mevani feels a “silent wave” has gripped the Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration-ruled Gujarat the place a metamorphosis is inevitable, and the impending state Meeting polls will give a brand new path to the rustic.
The Congress will win 120 out of the entire 182 Meeting seats within the state polls, scheduled in two stages on December 1 and 5, he claimed in an interview with PTI.
“This election is in opposition to autocracy, unemployment and value upward push,” he stated.
Mevani (41), who’s eyeing a 2nd time period from Vadgam, this time at the Congress price tag, is slogging it out within the ballot enviornment, masking round 10 villages in an afternoon in his Meeting seat, reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) applicants.
He used to be elected as an unbiased MLA from the similar seat in 2017 with the Congress’s reinforce.
“This time there’s a silent revolution, a silent wave has gripped the state. Other folks have made up their thoughts as they believe that sufficient is sufficient,” Mevani claimed in keeping with a query that the BJP is regarded as unbeatable in Gujarat.
Mevani stated the “Gujarat elections will give a brand new path to the rustic”.
The MLA stated his overview is that the Congress will win 120 Meeting seats and lay the basis for rebuilding Gujarat.
“A metamorphosis is inevitable,” he stated.
“Despite the fact that the BJP is attempting rake up emotional problems comparable to Hindutva, this time it may not paintings,” the Congress chief stated, including he has been telling other folks to vote for him protecting in thoughts the cost of a gasoline cylinder.
“Other folks elected (Top Minister) Modiji with nice love, no longer as soon as however two times, however after such a lot of years unemployment has no longer reduced, worth upward push has no longer stopped,” he stated.
“Now, other folks have witnessed that they’re a repressive executive as they began concentrated on those that lift their voice in opposition to them together with opposition leaders, advocates, reporters. They (other folks) understood that it is a dictatorial executive,” he stated.
Requested about Top Minister Narendra Modi having a fan following and an air of mystery of unbeatability in Gujarat, Mevani claimed, “He does no longer have an air of mystery, however it has been constructed by means of cash energy, public family members and symbol development.
“It’s to be noticed what number of people will come to hear him on their very own if he does a public assembly with out the use of officers (equipment) and protecting buses to ferry the folks,” he stated.
Mevani claimed the time has come for the high minister to ‘retire’.
“He must retire as he does no longer have anything else new to mention now, not anything to supply, other folks shouldn’t have a lot expectancies from him,” the legislator stated.
“He (Modi) stated they are going to make sensible towns, the place are sensible towns? They stated they are going to give employment to 2 crore other folks, the place are two crore jobs? They stated they are going to give everybody Rs 15 lakh of their account the place is the cash? What have other folks were given together with his type of vikas (construction)? What took place to his slogan of ‘acche din’– not anything,” Mevani added.
He additionally brushed aside claims of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration being a 3rd drive within the state.
“There is not any race right here. Mark my phrases, the AAP is not going to win even a unmarried seat in Gujarat,” he stated.
“No birthday party can win elections in any state by way of social media marketing campaign for two-four months and setting up a couple of the city corridor conferences. The place are their staff, they’re nowhere to be noticed right here (in Vadgam),” he stated.
However, Mevani said that All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) can devour into his votes within the Vadgam seat.
The Asaududdin Owaisi-led AIMIM has fielded 13 applicants within the state, together with one from the Vagdam seat.
“The AIMIM will wreck my votes in my opinion and of alternative Congress applicants (in different seats), They can not win right here, what else can they do? However they are able to simplest make the BJP win by way of splitting the votes. Those that are within the combat in opposition to fascism, those that wish to save democracy and the Charter don’t do that,” he stated.
Mevani’s supporters wish to see him as the executive minister of Gujarat if the Congress involves energy and they’re telling this to citizens in his village conferences.
Requested about this, the MLA stated, “It’s for the Congress prime command and birthday party MLAs to make a decision who would be the leader minister of Gujarat. First let Congress get a majority and simplest then do a lot of these questions come. Mevani expressed self belief he’ll win with a thumping majority for the second one time from Vadgam. The ambience this is in my favour greater than what I had anticipated,” he stated.