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BJP chief Amit Shah returns to hero's welcome in Gujarat

| | Mar 30, 2017, at 08:14 pm
Gandhinagar, Mar 30 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in Gujarat accorded a grand welcome to their National Party President Amit Shah, when he arrived at the state assembly in Gandhinagar on Thursday, according to media reports.

Shah, a legislator from Naranpura constituency in Ahmedabad, is attending the state assembly session on Thursday, after two years. His last attended a Gujarat assembly session in March 2015.

The BJP chief was accompanied by his wife and son.

BJP's state chief Jitu Vaghani and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani welcomed the national party chief with flowers.

Shah arrived in Gujarat on Wednesday to a hero's welcome, with the party felicitating Shah for BJP's successful bid for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly.

Gujarat is scheduled to hold its state assembly election in November this year.

According to media reports, Shah has set a target of winning  minimum of 150 seats in the 180-seat state assembly in the upcoming election.


Image: JituBhagani Twitter

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