Ahmedabad, 5 October 2012

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ today said: Modi has shown his grip on Gujarat and is going to win the polls for the third time in a row. It won’t be easy for anyone to stop the victory march of Modi because of the pace of development in Gujarat in last 10 years under Modi’s leadership.A picture is painted on TV channels that Modi is some sort of demon and that he is going to gobble up all Muslims in the country,” Thackeray said, adding that it was wrong. After the Gujarat riots, Congress labelled Modi as “merchant of death” but look what happened. Congress managed only 55 seats but the Modi-led BJP got 121 seats. In her entire speech, she did not even mention Modi’s name once. This is an indication that Congress has conceded defeat even before the electoral battle starts. Congress feels the dominance of Patels in Saurashtra will benefit it due to division of Hindu votes. This is nothing but a “day dream”.

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