PM Modi to kickstart electoral campaign in Guj amidst rising Kshatriya unrest

As Gujarat goes polling on May 7 for the Lok Sabha elections, prime minister Narendra Modi is set to begin his electoral campaign in the state on May 1 and 2.

Modi will visit North Gujarat’s Deesa and Himmatnagar on May 1 and will cover Anand, Surendranagar, Junagadh, and Jamnagar on May 2, convening public rallies in 14 parliamentary constituencies.

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PM Modi will address public meetings at Deesa in north Gujarat at 2.30 p.m. followed by Himmatnagar at 4.15 pm. His public meetings in Deesa will focus on the Lok Sabha constituencies of Banaskantha and Patan. 

During his stay at Gandhinagar Circuit House, the official residence during the election period, the dignitary will engage in meetings with key leaders of the BJP. His accomodation at Circuit House instead of Raj Bhavan aligns with the model code of conduct (MCC) regulations.

On May 2 he will address public gatherings at Anand and Trimandir ground on Surendranagar-Rajkot Road. Following this, he will proceed to Junagadh and Jamnagar for further engagements. According to reports, the campaign was originally set to commence from Rajkot on Apr 22. However, it was rescheduled due to the ongoing protests from the Kshatriya community directed towards the BJP candidate, Parshottam Rupala.

His meetings in Saurashtra These gatherings aim to rally support for Lok Sabha constituencies including Anand, Kheda, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Porbandar, Amreli, and Jamnagar.

Notably, these public meetings are to be held under tight police surveillance, with central teams assigned security responsibilities.

This vigilance is taken in light of the ongoing Kshatriya agitation across the state over union minister Parshottam Rupala’s remarks.

Moreover, police personnel from the Kshatriya community are deployed in around 25 parliamentary constituencies in the state, which include Kshatriya villages and areas with a significant population of the community.

The rural units of the BJP have borne the brunt of the Kshatriya unrest across the state, as leaders have to cancel meetings and are facing resistance while campaigning in villages.

Meanwhile, Kshatriya groups are persistently organising statewide protests.

The BJP’s top leadership is engaging in frequent dialogues to convince the community; however, the party has failed to pacify their uproar.

Protests and demonstrations are erupting at their full fledge in Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Mehsana, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Bardoli, Sabarkantha, and Vadodara Lok Sabha constituencies.

A public rally by union defence minister Rajnath Singh was protested by a group; however, the police managed to prevent any adversity.

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PM Modi scheduled to campaign in Gujarat on May 1-2