Gujarat polls semi-finals for 2024: BJP minister

December 01, 2022 11:00

BJP leader and Union minister Parshottam Rupala votes in Amreli

"These 2022 assembly polls in Gujarat are the "semi-finals" for Lok Sabha elections 2024 in the country," state Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai said after casting his vote on Thursday.

"After the country accepted Gujarat's model of development in the year 2014, these 2022 assembly elections are the semi-finals for 2024 elections," Kanubhai Desai said in a conversation with ANI.

He said that every person in Gujarat has decided to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to bring it to power once again.

"Gujarat has been progressing and the people of the state have decided to vote for the BJP. People have trust in BJP that there will be more development in the state," he added.

Further talking about the people's enthusiasm, Desai said that people have an "unbreakable trust" in the BJP.

"The craze with which they are voting, the margin of victory will rise," the state Finance Minister said.

"People will decide how many seats will BJP get, but I can say that it is 100 per cent that BJP will come to govern the state," he asserted. A total of 2,39,76,670 voters who will cast their votes by 5 pm today will decide the fate of 788 candidates who are in the fray for the first phase. -- ANI

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