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Patna,(BiharTimes): Following strong protest from the Bihar unit the BJP now said its prominent leaders from the state would campaign in poll-bound Gujarat.
What is strange is that on Saturday the party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said in Ahmadabad that all such reports were baseless and that Narendra Modi has not said anywhere asking Bihar leaders not to come to Gujarat.
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She said people from Bihar have contributed to the development of Gujarat. Chief minister Narendra Modi has held rallies of people of Bihari origin, for instance in Surat in May this year, where he honoured many of them residing in Gujarat for their contribution.
Whatever be Sitharaman’s statement the fact is that in its list of star campaigners for Gujarat elections provided to the Election Commission, BJP has neither included any of its prominent Muslim faces nor any leader from Bihar where it shares power with ally Janata Dal (United).
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna on Saturday praised Modi for what he said barring leaders from Bihar to campaign in Gujarat saying that he has “vengefully hit back” at Nitish Kumar this time.
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