But people are of the opinion that they have been witnessing development under the BJP for a number of years and one should not judge the performance of the party based on a single tragic incident.
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
State BJP president CR Paatil on Thursday said as in every other election, the party will conduct a door-to-door campaign and try to reach out to the people ahead of the assembly elections in Gujarat
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said that though Gujarat has been developing for many years, the BJP has created a story that all development in Gujarat has taken place during Narendra Modi's rule and to claim that Gujarat is Modi shows a person's arrogance.
Seeing the seriousness of the Morbi mishap, which claimed the life of at least 134 people, present on the century-old suspension bridge while it collapsed, Gujarat HC took self cognizant of the case.
At least 135 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 are receiving treatment for their injuries sustained after a cable suspension bridge in Morbi town collapsed on October 30, plunging people into the Machchhu River.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a ticket to Kantilal Amrutiya, who jumped into the river to save the lives of people in the recent Morbi bridge tragedy, for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections.
The bridge collapse in Morbi has brought shame to the fair name of Gujarat and the most shocking part was that no one from the govt apologized for the tragedy, Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday.
Gujarat High Court, which reopened post-Diwali vacation, on Monday took Suo moto of the Morbi mishap, and issued notices to officials including the Home department, asking to file a report of the incident after seven days. "We expect strict action from the state government," HC ordered.
Chief Officer of Morbi Nagar Palika Sandipsinh Zala, suspended over dereliction in the Morbi mishap, where a century-old bridge collapsed, sources said on Friday.
The ongoing search and rescue operation to find the missing person, after a 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into the Machchu river, has been completed.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Morbi district administration received the information that one person was missing in the tragedy but that information has been found to be untrue in the police verification, they added.