BJP must win with three-fourth majority in Gujarat polls: Amit Shah

Gandhinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Monday asserted that the party must win with at least three-fourth majority in the 182-member Gujarat assembly in the upcoming elections.

Addressing a huge gathering of party workers here, he made it clear that to achieve the target they will once again seek vote in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

"We want a victory by three-fourths majority. When Modi was Chief Minister, we got 127 seats. Now when he is the Prime Minister, this figure looks too small," Shah said in front of cheering party workers.

Shah took a dig at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who has been leading his party's campaign in the poll-bound state, saying he had not done enough for his Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh and was questioning how the BJP has been developing Gujarat.

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"Rahul Gandhi has not been able to get a collectorate office made in Amethi and is questioning our work in Gujarat," the BJP President said.

He also lashed out at critics of Modi's pet project of bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

"They are mocking bullet train but Gujarat's people love development," Shah said.

Earlier, addressing the crowd, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced waiver of one per cent interest on loans of Rs 3 lakh provided to farmers by the Gujarat government. The loan is being given to 25 lakh farmers annually.