Kantilal Amrutiya, the BJP candidate from the Morbi constituency, who jumped into the river to save the lives of people in the recent Morbi bridge tragedy recalled his early days working with PM Modi as RSS worker for saving people's lives, as he affirmed confidence in Bharatiya Janata Party
At another public rally in Gujarat's Mandvi Assembly constituency earlier on Friday, Thakur took a swipe at the Congress saying that it ruled the country to 'divide' people.
The incident took place in Kisan Nagar area - a part of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's constituency, where newly appointed office bearers of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction were being felicitated.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Kanu Patel to contest from the Sanand constituency in Ahmedabad for the polls slated to be held in two phases on December 1 and December 5.
Bhanupratappur, an assembly constituency reserved for the scheduled tribes in Chhattisgarh, will go for by-elections on December 5 as the seat fell vacant for the death of Congress MLA and deputy speaker Manoj Mandavi.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi's was greeted with "Modi-Modi" chants and was shown black flags as he was campaigning on Saturday night for his party candidate from the East Surat constituency in the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat.