Shah, Nadda, Yogi & Irani are BJP stars in Gujarat campaign’s last leg. Glimpses from the ground
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Shah, Nadda, Yogi & Irani are BJP stars in Gujarat campaign’s last leg. Glimpses from the ground

As BJP pulls out all stops to win ongoing Gujarat assembly elections & return to power in a state it has governed for 27 years, ThePrint's Praveen Jain brings glimpses from the campaign.

Praveen Jain    
Home minister Amit Shah waves at voters during a roadshow in Ahmedabad Wednesday | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Home minister Amit Shah waves at voters during a roadshow in Ahmedabad Wednesday | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Ahmedabad, Godhra, Gujarat: It was a star-studded campaign in Gujarat this week, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled out the big guns to woo voters ahead of this month’s assembly elections, the first phase of voting for which is ongoing Thursday. Voting in the second phase is scheduled to be held Monday.

Results are to be announced on 8 December.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP national president J.P. Nadda, Union minister Smriti Irani and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are among senior party leaders who were seen holding public rallies and roadshows in the state.

The leaders are traversing the narrowest of lanes and by-lanes to reach voters, as the party pushes to return to a state where it has been in power for the past 27 years, since 1995.

From Ahmedabad to Godhra, the BJP leaders were seen going door-to-door and engaging with voters in public rallies, as the party left no unturned to woo voters in a state where competition has tightened with the Aam Aadmi Party entering the poll fray.

ThePrint’s national photo editor Praveen Jain brings glimpses from the BJP campaign.  .

A moment from Shah’s roadshow | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Shah waves at the crowd | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Shah addresses the voters | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
The crowds gather to see Amit Shah pass by in Ahmedabad | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Shah interacts with the people during the roadshow | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
The union home minister is showered with flower petals | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
A group of women cheer and take photos of Shah | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
A BJP supporter raises slogans in support of the party during Amit Shah’s roadshow in Ahmedabad | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
A woman supporter dressed in party colours | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
BJP president J.P. Nadda during a roadshow in Ahmedabad Wednesday | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Nadda being presented with a turban as a mark of respect | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Nadda being showered with flower petals | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
A moment from Nadda’s roadshow | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flashes the victory sign while campaigning in Godhra Tuesday | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
The UP CM in Godhra, a place that still bring to mind the riots of 2002 | Photo: Praveen Jain| ThePrint
A bulldozer, which the Adityanath government has used as a tool against alleged corruption and land grab, was part of the UP CM’s roadshow in Godhra | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Union minister Smriti Irani address the public in Ahmedabad Tuesday | Photo” Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Irani being welcomed with a garland | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Irani campaigns for the BJP | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint