Amit Shah goes full steam in poll-bound Rajasthan, Telangana

NEW DELHI: Locked in a bitter battle with Congress in Rajasthan, BJP president Amit Shah is leading the party’s charge in the desert state with 62 public programmes, more than the other states in the current poll season.
Spearheading the party’s campaign in the five states, Shah has so far participated in over 170 public events and the tally will increase as campaigning is in full swing in Telangana and Rajasthan, where voting will be held on December 7.
Polling has already taken place in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. Counting of votes in all the five states will be taken up on December 11. “Amit Shah has carried out an extensive campaign in all the five states. The public response he has received, including in Telangana and Mizoram, underlines the party's expansion and indicates the way results will go,” BJP’s media head and Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni said.
In Rajasthan, where several opinion polls have given an edge to the opposition Congress over BJP, Shah’s rallies have drawn big crowds, he claimed. According to figures collated by BJP, Shah had undertaken a 63-day campaign in the five states till December 1. He spent 19 days in Rajasthan, 18 in MP , 14 in Chhattisgarh, 10 in Telangana and two in Mizoram, travelling over 70,000 km.BJP leaders said Shah’s public programmes have been divided in rallies, road shows, meetings with different community leaders, religious and cultural events besides organisational functions.