Kamat to hear Gujarat Congress MLAs in one-to-one meeting

Gandhinagar, 24 February 2014

It is learnt that Gujarat Congress prabhari Gurudas Kamat is going to meet each Gujarat Congress MLA personally later today. Shri Kamat will give ear to their grievances and convey their broad feeling to party vice president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi. The one-to-one talk session has been arranged following resignation of three Congress MLAs this month from the party and related crisis. MLAs Bavku Udhad, Jasha Barad and Rajendrasinh Chavda have recently resigned from the post of MLA and joined BJP. Some Congress men not happy with party affairs in Gujarat have recently sent copies of some uncomfortable news reports to Delhi based leadership in complain tone. Party leadership has assigned Kamat a job to hear party MLAs and convey clear picture to central leadership.

Slogans shouted against Shankersinh, speech cut short

Originally a BJPian, but now leader of opposition in the Gujarat assembly, Shankersinh Vaghela who wants to contest Sabarkantha Lok Sabha poll faced protest in Sabarkantha district’s Himmatnagar taluka based Ilol village while attending a high-school event. Some youths shouted slogans in favor of Narendra Modi during Shankersinh’s speech, following which Shankersinh announced that he would prefer to get destroyed but will not succumb. Shankarsinh reportedly cut short his speech and left the place. The event was organized by Nutan Kelavni Mandal.