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Amit Shah lauds PM for raising ‘hardcore’ party workers
Amit Shah was unveiling a book on PM Modi in the city.
Mumbai: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah lavished praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for having brought “hardcore” party workers into mainstream politics. “Making a government is easy but nurturing a hardcore worker is much tougher. Narendrabhai helped thousands of such workers in Gujarat and brought them into the mainstream of political activities,” Mr Shah said while unveiling a book on Mr Modi in the city. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was present for the book release.
Mr Shah also visited various Ganesh mandals in the city. He went to Lalbaugcha Raja around noon and also visited BJP Mumbai chief Ashish Shelar’s Ganesh mandal in Bandra west. In the evening he launched a book originally written in Gujarati and now translated in Hindi on the life of Mr Modi
“People know Narendrabhai since he became chief minister of Gujarat in 2001. That is obvious too. But, very few people know anything about his life before that and particularly till 1995 when BJP came to power in Gujarat,” said Mr Shah.
The BJP chief recalled Mr Modi’s struggle-filled early life and also his contribution in building the party in Gujarat from scratch. “When BJP came to power in Gujarat in 1995, there was no public anger against the then Congress government. BJP had only 12 MLAs. But, it was Narendrabhai’s planning and organisational skills that brought BJP to power and made it Ajinkya (invincible),” said Mr Shah.
The BJP president also spoke about how Mr Modi made 24-hour electricity supply possible in Gujarat’s villages. In his speech Mr Shah also said, “Now Narendrabhai is not just the leader of India but the world is recognising his leadership. Wherever he goes, thousands of people welcome him. This is a proud moment for India as a country.”
It was expected that Mr Shah would address key political issues like reshuffling in the state BJP or outside leaders joining the party. But BJP sources said he kept Sunday’s visit strictly private and did not discuss political matters.
