Gujarat BJP leaders, others visit Amit Shah at his Ahmedabad residence

Ahmedabad: Gujarat BJP party leaders and Ministers today visited party’s national president Amit Shah’s residence in Ahmedabad and met him.

Assembly election is due in Gujarat in late 2017.

Shah, who arrived here on Tuesday, is expected to stay till tomorrow and meet some more leaders, said Gujarat BJP media convener Harshad Patel.

Today, several top BJP leaders and Ministers, including state unit chief and Transport Minister Vijay Rupani and Minister of State for Health Shanker Chaudhary, met Shah at his residence.

The parleys hold significance in the wake of Assembly election next year and a possible Cabinet reshuffle ahead of that.

“The main purpose of Shah’s meeting with top leaders was to solve pending issues of the state party unit. He also gave guidance to state leaders on various issues as well as on strengtheing the party organisation,” said Patel.

Shah, who is also an MLA from Gujarat, last evening took part in a felicitating ceremony of newly inducted Union Ministes from the state – Mansukh Mandaviya, Jaswantsinh Bhabhor and Parshottam Rupala.

The BJP chief also attended an ‘aarti’ at Jagannath Temple last morning ahead of the Rath Yatra.

Among others who called on Shah at his residence in Ahmedabad were Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani, captain of Adani Group Gautam Adani and Ahmedabad city Mayor Gautam Shah.

With inputs from agency