Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath on Saturday appealed to the people of Gujarat to get rid of the Congress party which he said will solve all the problems of the state.
He was addressing a rally in support of the BJP contestant in Khambhat town of Anand district on the last day of the campaigning for the second and final phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections.
Out of the total 182 seats, polling for 89 seats was held on December 1. The remaining 93 constituencies will vote on December 5. The counting of votes will be taken up on December 8. Adityanath dubbed both Congress and Aam Aadmi Party as a "threat to security and a barrier to development".
"Mahatma Gandhi had once said the Congress party should be disbanded once India achieves Independence. Now it is your responsibility to do that. A 'Congress-mukt' Gujarat will solve all your problems," he said.
Adityanath said the people of UP gave just two seats to Congress and nil to AAP in the last Assembly elections "as they knew both these parties are a threat to security and a barrier for achieving development".
He accused Congress of creating hindrances in the construction of the Somnath Temple in Gujarat after Independence and the temple of Lord Ram in Ayodhya in the recent past.
"Today, Gujarat has become free of curfew and riots. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has successfully eliminated terrorism, Naxalism and separatism," he added.
In the first phase voting of the Gujarat Assembly election on Thursday, December 1, the overall voter turnout was recorded at 63.14 per cent.
The voting was held in 89 constituencies spread across 19 Kutch, Saurashtra and South Gujarat districts.
The second phase of polling will be held on December 5 and results will be declared on December 8 along with that of the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections.
(With PTI inputs)