Amit Shah files nomination from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday submitted his nomination papers for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat from where he is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.Shah was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel when he submitted the nomination papers to Gandhinagar collector and district election officer M K Dave in the state capital at exactly 12.39 pm, considered as 'Vijay Muhurat'.Later, talking to reporters, Shah said this general election is all about giving a third term to PM Modi so that he can make India a developed country by 2047.The Union minister said Modi's third term will be crucial because his first two terms went into correcting the mistakes made by the previous Congress-led UPA government.
The next five years are crucial if we want to achieve that because the last 10 years went into filling pits (gadde) made by the previous UPA government," Shah said.The next five years would be used to create a strong foundation for 'Viksit Bharat', he said.Thanking the BJP for renominating him from the seat once represented by stalwarts Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani, Shah said the seat holds significance also because PM Modi is a registered voter from Gandhinagar.

जिस गाँधीनगर सीट से श्रद्धेय अटल जी और आडवाणी जी ने नेतृत्व किया और जहाँ श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी मतदाता हैं, वहाँ से भाजपा प्रत्याशी होना मेरे लिए सौभाग्य की बात है।

જે ગાંધીનગર બેઠક પરથી શ્રદ્ધેય અટલજી અને અડવાણીજીએ નેતૃત્વ કર્યું હતું અને જ્યાં શ્રી નરેન્દ્ર મોદીજી મતદાતા છે,… pic.twitter.com/LEuExl0FJK

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Shah, a former BJP president, won from the Gandhinagar constituency by a margin of more than 5 lakh votes in the 2019 general elections.The opposition Congress has fielded party secretary Sonal Patel from Gandhinagar.Voting for all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat will be held in the third phase on May 7.

(Ira Singh, Asstt  Editor, Gandhinagar)