How election year 2017 started today morning for Gujarat CM and BJP

Gandhinagar: How Gujarat government and Gujarat BJP started new year of 2017 which is election year for the state?

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani attended Guru Brahm Samaj’s Yagnopavit(Janoi) function at Arsodia near Kalol in the morning. Guru Brahm Samaj members are considered Brahmins of Dalit community. This samaj was created by Tejanand Swami. Guru Brahm Samaj member perform religious customs like Brahmins in relevant functions of Dalit families.

Chief Minister Rupani while speaking to media persons after this function said: this is good start of new year which is election year. Ahead of Gujarat polls, attempts are made to create caste and community oriented divisions among people. In such circumstances, this is the first function I am attending in new year, Rupani said hailing Guru Brahm Samaj’s concept and activities.

Rupani said BJP will win general elections of Gujarat assembly this year with 2/3rd majority(which comes to 120+ seats in favor or BJP out of total 182 assembly seats).

Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) started a new year with Sarpanch facilitation function at state party headquarters in Gandhinagar. Entire top cadre of state BJP including Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, former Chief Minister, state party president among others was present in this function in which according to party’s claim as many as 7,000 newly elected Sarpanchs were present, and select few of them were felicitated.

Gram Panchayat polls involving roughly 2 crore voters last month were accordingly to rule were conducted without party symbol. However on a result day – like it happens always – both main political parties BJP and Congress claimed victory of over 80% of their supporters. BJP while making such claim also announced Sarpanch sammelan in which victorious sarpanchs would remain present.

Prominent among those sarpanchs felicitated were 90-year-old woman sarpanch Anandiben Barot, sarpanch of Akodara which is the first cashless village and more.

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