Congress says PM Modi scared of Congress in Gujarat, alerting BJP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a three-day visit to his home state, said the Congress has this time appears to have changed its strategy in Gujarat, where Assembly polls are due in the next few months suggesting Congress is using a quiet door-to-door strategy.  Congress supporters retorted to the prime minister’s comment saying, “We are not like AAP which is doing PR only on social media.”

PM Modi in his speech said that the Congress appears to have changed its strategy this time in Gujarat. “I need to warn you because it appears to me that this time Congress has adopted a new strategy. I have not probed, but that is what appears to me at first glance,” he said. Modi said in the previous assembly elections, the Congress used to make a lot of noise and boast about “finishing” the BJP, which has been in power in the state for more than two decades. “

But we did not fall (get defeated) in 20 years, so they have done something new, which is why we need to remain alert,” said Modi, who was chief minister of Gujarat for 13 years. The prime minister said the Congress, once a dominant political force in Gujarat, is not saying anything openly but working “silently” by going to villages and adopting its old “manipulative” tricks.

“Therefore, don’t be confused because they are not appearing in the press, nor conducting any press conferences or making speeches. Beware… Congress is trying to infiltrate with a new strategy.

It does not speak, but is reaching out to villages, holding meetings,” Modi said. He said BJP workers needed to remain alert and counter this new strategy of the main opposition party in Gujarat. “Do not assess them on the basis of the fact that they have not conducted public meetings, press conferences, or made statements…There is a need for you to remain alert for the coming elections,” the prime minister said.

Criticism came up for the prime minister as netizens asked if he follows the Congress when they silently go to villages and towns

Congress supporters say Prime Minister Modi is scared of Congress in Gujarat alerting BJP

“So now that even Modi has acknowledged that Congress is working hard and knocking door to door in Gujarat.  Will Godi Media dare to defy their Supreme God Modi and run the same old ‘Where is Congress’ narrative again?”

Is the BJP getting rattled that they may lose Gujarat?  As Prashant Bhushan, lawyer and activist pointed out the empty chairs for Prime Minister’s huge election rally in Gujarat, saying sarcastically, “A symbol of his growing popularity!” comments go that things don’t look very well with the BJP in Gujarat.