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PM Modi’s Gujarat Campaign Blitz to Start on 27 November 

The polling for the two-phase elections will take place on 9 and 14 December.

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File photo of Narendra Modi at an election rally.
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File photo of Narendra Modi at an election rally.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address eight rallies on 27 and 29 November in different parts of Saurashtra and south Gujarat, where polling for the first phase of the state assembly elections will be held on 9 December.

On the morning of 27 November, Modi will address people in Bhuj town of Kutch district and later in the day in Jasdan town of Rajkot, Dhari in Amreli and Kamrej in Surat district, Gujarat BJP in-charge Bhupender Yadav told a press conference in Ahmedabad.

On 29 November, Modi will address poll rallies in Morbi and Prachi villages near Somnath, Palitana in Bhavnagar and at Navsari in south Gujarat.

Each rally has been organised in such a way that people from five to six surrounding constituencies can also attend it.
Bhupender Yadav 

On 26 and 27 November, several prominent BJP leaders will address rallies in different parts of the state where the first phase of polling is scheduled to be held.

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The star campaigners include Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states – Yogi Adityanath and Vasundhara Raje – as well as several Gujarat BJP leaders, said Yadav.

The polling for the two-phase elections in the state, having total 182 assembly seats, will take place on 9 and 14 December and votes will be counted on 18 December.

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Published: 23 Nov 2017,02:01 AM IST

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