Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers from Maninagar constituency in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers from Maninagar constituency in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, which elected him to the state assembly in 2002 polls.
"This election in Gujarat is different from those held earlier. Normally it is the political parties or the media which sets the agenda. However, in Gujarat the agenda for the elections would be set by its 5.5 crore people and not by any political party or the media," Modi said after filing his papers at about noon at a polytechnic here.
Union Minister Dinsha Patel also filed his nomination papers as a Congress candidate from the assembly constituency to take on Modi.
Modi, who sported a short orange colour kurta, said, "people of the state want development and I will ensure that Gujarat achieves the level of development that is seen in developed countries."
A confident-looking Modi said, "in 2002 when I fought the elections, not many people were acquainted with me or my
work. But now the people have seen my work and have no doubts about me."
The Chief Minister said, "in democracy elections are a festival. We all are now celebrating the festival of democracy. The BJP while asking the people to vote for it, will try to reach out to them. The BJP will familiarise the people with its style of functioning and ask them to support it in the elections."
Modi was accompanied by state unit BJP President Purshottam Rupala and party MP Harin Pathak.
Modi said the BJP was celebrating Gujarat assembly elections as a festival.
"In democracy, elections are a festival", he remarked.
He said, "BJP will try and reach out to the people of Gujarat, acquaint them with the functioning style of the party and pray to them to vote for the BJP", Modi added.
After the communal riots in the year 2002, Modi had won the 2002 elections from the Hindu-dominated Maninagar constituency.
This year in the second phase of Gujarat elections scheduled to be held on December 16, Modi will be facing Congress candidate Dinsha Patel, who will be banking on the large number of Patel votes in the constituency.
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