Rupani seeks votes for Gambhir in Delhi

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday sought votes for BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir who is contesting against AAP's Atishi Marlena and Congress's three-time MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely from East Delhi constituency.

New Delhi:Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday sought support for BJP's East Delhi candidate and former ace cricketer Gautam Gambhir and asserted that only Prime Minister Narendra Modi can secure borders and strengthen the country working honestly.

Addressing an election meeting at Gujarat Vihar Cooperative Housing Society here, an area dominated by Gujaratis, Rupani said Gambhir has challenged the neighbouring country Pakistan in cricket similar to what Modi has done on strategic ground.

He was seeking voters' support for cricketer-turned-politician Gautum Gambhir, who is contesting against AAP's Atishi Marlena and Congress's three-time MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely.

"Only Narendra Modi can keep the country's borders secure and strengthen the nation from working with honesty," he said.

"Modi is trying to safeguard the system from middlemen and is 'doing chowkidari' of Indian exchequer and trying hard to end poverty in the country. If the Modi government comes to power one more time, all the thieves, who are roaming freely, will go to jail," he said.

Rupani added that poor people, no matter which religion they belong to, have the first right on the resources of the country.

He said the Congress is seeking evidence of killings of terrorists but what steps did they take against terrorism when they were in power.

It was only under Modi's rule that Pakistan has to face financial constraints and Indian soldiers also killed terrorists by entering their territory, he added.

Speaking at the programme, Gambhir said, "I want to fulfil the prime minister's vision to make this country a superpower and the entire nation knows that nobody, except Modi, can provide strong leadership. He has proved that through some of his decisions."

Gambhir said the opposition has levelled more allegations against him in the past 37 hours than he has faced in 37 years of his life.

He said national security is a major issue today which only Modi can deal with.