After the Pahalgam attack on April 22, the entire country believed and expected “kuchh bada karna chahiye”, “kuch bada hona chahiye”,(Something big should be done, something big should happen) Union Jal Shakti minister and Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil said Monday adding that “not a single soldier was harmed (in the military retaliation) and everyone returned safely”. Paatil said this while campaigning for the by-election in Mehsana district’s Kadi Assembly constituency for BJP candidate Rajendra Chavda. Earlier in the day he was campaigning in Visavadar in Saurashtra. The elections to Kadi and Visavadar seats are due on June 19.
Referring to the Operation Sindoor, Paatil said, “Under Modi’s leadership, not only the country but the world knew that kuch bada hoga. Operation Sindoor was a revenge of the Pahalgam attack.”
“As decided by PM Modi, (the missile attack was carried out) five hours for the first time, two-and-a-half hours for second time and 30 minutes for the third time but within 23 minutes nine locations of the terrorists were attacked and finished and the terrorists were killed. Not a single soldier was harmed and everyone returned safely. This is Modi’s power, this is India’s power, everyone’s power and the country wants to strengthen this power,” Paatil said.
Appealing to the voters in Kadi to “create a record” with high number of votes for Rajendra Chavda, Paatil said that for Kadi election the issue is not of development but “to make BJP candidate win by a record number”. “Today such an environment is created in the entire country after Operation Sindoor that every voter wants to strengthen Modi’s hands. They were confident that Modi hai toh mumkin hai. During the surgical strike within three hours more than 300 terrorists were killed by our soldiers who returned safely,” Paatil added.
Urging the voters to not “repeat their mistakes” in Visavadar Paatil called upon the party workers and voters of the assembly constituency to make the BJP candidate victorious otherwise the “future generation won’t forgive us”.
Paatil made these remarks while campaigning for the by-election of Visavadar Assembly constituency of Saurashtra. The seat has fallen vacant following the resignation of AAP MLA Bhupendra Bhayani who later joined the BJP.
Addressing a gathering of party workers in Visavadar constituency, Paatil said, “This time there should not be any mistake. We have to look after the future generation as well. Future generation won’t forgive us (saying) that ‘you have made mistakes repeatedly’. Correct your (past) mistakes this time. Resolve to make BJP candidate Kirit Patel victorious this time to keep the voters of Visavadar and their future generation in front of the road of development.”
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Kirit Patel, a former Junagadh district president of BJP and a cooperative leader, is BJP candidate for the by-election. Kirit Patel is facing a challenge from AAP’s Gopal Italia and Congress candidate Nitin Ranpariya.
Paatil said, “Entire country is developing under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Entire world is impressed by him. Only Visavadar is facing hurdles in its development. Forget the mistake. You might have done experiments which have failed. Doesn’t matter. But (make sure that) this time there is no mistake committed”.
“There is a need to make the BJP candidate victorious to keep Visavadar in leading position… on the path of development in the country and for the development which is needed for the future generation of Visavadar,” he said. BJP has not won the Visavadar constituency for the past several years and Paatil called upon the party workers to win it this time.
“BJP has never learnt to lose. And it has also not learnt to leave a constituency if it loses it,” Paatil said.
Without taking any name, during his speech, Paatil asked people not to get misled by certain people who spread misconceptions. Voting for the by-election is scheduled on June 19.
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Both seats will see candidates from Congress, BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the fray. This time the Praja Shakti Democratic Party (PSDP) launched by former chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela, has also nominated candidates for both seats.
