Chhattisgarh minister TS Singhdeo has said in Ahmedabad that the Congress is very much alive in Gujarat and can win the upcoming assembly elections in the state by defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress observers have been appointed for the elections. Singhdeo and Deora held a meeting with senior party leaders in the state on Thursday to chalk out the election strategy.
"After reaching here, I realized that the reality of Gujarat is different from being projected to outsiders. People are angry. They are also living in fear. People of Gujarat are now fed up," Singhdeo told reporters on Thursday. have come and want to change the government." He said, "I have seen that Congress is very much alive here and in a position to win elections." Despite prohibition, liquor worth Rs 25,000 crore is sold in Gujarat every year and it It is not possible without the patronage of the BJP and its government. He asked, "Why has the Enforcement Directorate (ED) never raided the liquor and drug mafia in Gujarat?" Gujarat Congress in-charge Raghu Sharma said the party won 182 We have set a target of winning at least 125 seats. “We will prepare our manifesto in the coming weeks only after consulting the people through about 2,000 public meetings. Apart from a common manifesto for the entire state, we will have 182 seats,” he said. Will also announce separate manifesto for each of the assembly seats as the issues are different in each constituency."
State Congress president Jagdish Thakor said the party would hold 'yatras' or protests across Gujarat in the coming days to highlight the failures of the BJP government such as the recent deaths due to sale of spurious liquor.