Excelsior Correspondent AHMEDABAD, Nov 23: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Modi’s “Gujarat model” is emulated by others. He said, over the last 20 years, Narendra Modi has successfully created a model of development and governance which became a benchmark even for the non-BJP ruled States. What is significant is that Modi as Chief Minister developed the “Gujarat model” with minimum support and maximum hostility from the Centre which was then ruled by the UPA, said the Minister. […]
Payal Kukrani, daughter of Manoj Kukrani, one of the 16 convicts in the case related to the 2002 post-Godhra riots in the Naroda Patiya area of Ahmedabad which killed 97 Muslims, is contesting the polls from the Naroda Assembly constituency.
Gujarat BJP chief CR Paatil on Thursday defended the allotment of party ticket to the daughter of a convict in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case for the next month's Assembly election and said she is a party worker contesting the polls on merit.
The BJP fielded Payal Kulkarni instead of giving another chance to sitting MLA Balram Thawani. Some BJP workers in the area have expressed unhappiness over her candidature as they believe that she is married to a non-Sindhi and hence is no longer a member of the community.