Elections 2022 Updates: PM Modi Urges Voters to Reject Congress & 'Like-Minded Parties' Viewing Terrorism as Vote Bank; AAP Promises to Make Surat ‘Garment Hub’

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday told textile traders of Surat the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will make the city a “garment hub” of the country with an export-oriented integrated textile park and creation of thousands of jobs.

Interacting with the city’s textile traders as part of his campaign for the next month’s Gujarat Assembly polls, the AAP national convener said, if voted to power, the AAP government will bring a special law to protect them against cases of cheating in payment of dues.

Asserting his party would remove “raid raj and fear”, he said, “AAP will make Surat the garment hub of not just Gujarat but the entire country. A new integrated textile park will be created which will be completely export-oriented. You will get tax breaks, incentives and other facilities.” “Textile units will get basic infrastructure and the rates of electricity will be lowered. The AAP government will provide all the facilities for the creation of thousands of jobs and high exports. We will stop the raid raj and harassment at the hands of tax inspectors,” Kejriwal added.

He said traders work 24/7 to earn for their families to pay taxes, give donations and support society, adding AAP will remove fear and give the community respect.

Promising to stop cheating in the payment of dues, which he claimed was a pressing problem, Kejriwal said, “This problem of payment is not of Surat or Gujarat alone but of the country. We will bring a new law for this with the people of Surat that will show a new path to the country.” He also promised traders MSME benefits and easy loans with a raised limit from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore.

“The Goods and Services Tax rates have caused a lot of trouble. We will raise the issue with the Centre. To implement it, we will create a single-window system to simplify the difficulties and remove corruption,” he said. (PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kickstarted his election campaign for the Gujarat Assembly polls on November 20, with three rallies in Saurashtra region.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won assembly polls in the state for six consecutive times since 1995. Voting for the Assembly polls for the 182 seats will take place in two phases on December 1 and 5. The results for the Assembly polls will be declared on December 8, along with Himachal Pradesh. READ MORE

With the 182-member Gujarat Assembly election around the corner, both Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress are making a range of poll promises to halt the BJP’s 27-year rule in the state. One such promise that has merged as a major poll plank for both parties is the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).

The issue also found a place in both Congress and AAP’s manifestos for the recently concluded Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh as well. READ MORE

From terrorism to free food grain, PM Narendra Modi spoke about a range of topics as he launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Opposition – Congress and Aam Aadmi Party – at his rallies in poll-bound Gujarat on Sunday.

The key campaigner for the BJP, Modi addressed rallies at Netrang, a tribal area of Bharuch district in poll-bound Gujarat, and Kheda. READ MORE

From the Congress’s questioning of the surgical strikes to its “soft” approach on terror, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at the party at his rally in Kheda in Gujarat, as he spoke about Mumbai’s 26/11 terror attacks. The move is expected to further strengthen the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) pitch of nationalism in the electoral battleground of Gujarat, days after it promised an anti-radicalisation cell to check terror sleeper cells.

The PM was in Kheda in Gujarat for his 18th rally for the upcoming elections. READ MORE

“During the Batla House encounter, Congress leaders cried in support of terrorists. Even terrorism is vote bank for Congress. It’s not just congress now, several such parties have risen, who believe in politics of shortcut & appeasement,” said PM Modi in Kheda, Gujarat

“PM Modi has been campaigning in every street of Gujarat. The situation arose as BJP did not work for state. No enquiry was conducted in the Morbi incident where 135 people died. If you vote us in, BJP will be forced to introspect,” said Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot in Dediapada, Gujarat.

BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday said like “antibodies keep a check on bad cells”, it is the government’s responsibility to maintain vigil on anti-national forces, as he batted for an anti-radicalisation cell announced by his party in its Gujarat assembly polls manifesto.

Releasing the BJP manifesto for the polls, Nadda on Saturday had announced setting up the cell to identify and eliminate potential threats and sleeper cells of terrorist organisations and anti-India forces. READ MORE

“Modi and Shah ask what did Congress do in the last 70 years? If Congress had not worked in the last 70 years, we would not have seen a democracy today,” said Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge during address at a public rally in Dediapada, Gujarat.

Hours before cricketer Ravindra Jadeja travelled through the city’s market in an open SUV as part of a BJP roadshow, his sister Naynaba Jadeja sought votes for the Congress, reminding voters of price rise under the ruling party and its “unfulfilled” employment promises.

While the famous cricketer campaigned for his wife Rivaba Jadeja, his elder sister canvassed for Bipendrasinh Jadeja, highlighting the “sibling rivalry” that has added another layer of interest in the poll after the BJP dropped its sitting MLA Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, locally better known as Hakubha. READ MORE

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday made a written assertion that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will form government in Gujarat after the upcoming Assembly polls.

He also urged government employees in Gujarat to back the AAP while promising implementation of the old pension scheme for them by January 31 next year. READ MORE

The latest episode in the Satyendar Jain Tihar CCTV saga series shows a few people providing what looks like house-keeping services in the prison cell of the Delhi minister who is lodged in jail in connection with a money laundering case.

The new CCTV visuals from Satyendar Jain’s cell come amid the minister already being mired in controversy over leaked videos of him getting massage and outside food in jail. READ MORE

Agroup of 80 Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and NRIs are working diligently and silently in poll-bound Gujarat to garner support for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bearing their own cost of travel and taking out time from their busy schedules, these PIOs have come back to their villages and interact with the people as to why BJP should be voted to power. READ MORE