The Khanpur karyalay in JP Chowk, which today houses the BJP's Ahmedabad city unit, is believed to be “very auspicious” for the party in Gujarat since it rose to political prominence from there, the seeds of which were sown in the 1990s.
Former Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Jagdish Thakor and party leader Indranil Rajyaguru undertook a "route recce" on the tribal belt from Chhota Udepur to Netrang in Bharuch Monday to plan pit stops and night halts for the upcoming Gujarat leg of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra.
The swell in the membership of the state unit is yet another shot in the arm for the ruling party, which inducted 2,000 new members earlier this month, including former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress leaders.