Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani received war welcome by Muslim community during his door-to-door campaign in from the old city areas of Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The campaign was part of the BJP’s Gujarat Gaurav Maha-Sampark Abhiyan, which began from Khadiya-Jamalpur with a Muslim population of about 62 per cent.
Even as the Patidar and Dalit communities have distanced themselves from the party Muslims welcomed the Chief Minister with open arms.
As reported by the Statesman, Rupani’s bandwagon was received with the slogans of ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.
The Khadiya-Jamalpur seat came into existence with the merging of erstwhile Jamalpur and Khadiya seats. Though a Muslim-dominated seat having about 2 lakh voters, it is an urban seat which gave a mandate to BJP by electing Bhushan Bhatt in the 2012 assembly elections.
Overwhelmed by the warm response, the Chief Minister said that the Muslim community has faith in the BJP and its social mantra of ‘Sauno Saath, Sauno Vikas’. He targeted the Congress for exploiting Muslims for votes all decades.
The Muslim dominated areas of the city lack basic amenities and have hardly seen any development.