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“Rahul ji and Priyanka ji should know we all can be termed ‘Congress old guard only because we have grown old by staying in the Congress, unlike the brats who run away from fights within and against political rivals,” joked a senior Congress leader.
Backward class leader Alpesh Thakor, who had joined the Congress just ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, on Monday scored his maiden election victory from Radhanpur seat, defeating his closest BJP rival by 15,000 votes.
Citing his party s winning streak since it came to power at the Centre in May, 2014, he said the BJP would win the 2019 Lok Sabha poll with a strong majority, and the people would help realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi s dream of a New India by 2022.
Buoyed by Rahul Gandhi s spirited campaign in Gujarat, the Congress said on Sunday that the exit poll results will be reversed and it would emerge victorious in the state.