Gandhinagar:

Rejecting the reports about her ‘annoyance’ on ignorance of her supporters during BJP candidates selection in Gujarat, former CM and senior party leader Anandiben Patel today said that there were no individual supporters in the party and everybody was just a supporter of BJP.

She said that the rumours about her annoyance might be the attempt of Congress with an intention to create rift in BJP.

Anandiben also said that the selection of candidates was being done as per laid procedure and with full consensus.

Talking to newsmen Anandiben, who was first and so far only woman CM of Gujarat said that as per the tradition this time also the party observers took opinions in all the 182 seats and then put it before the party which in its state parliamentary board meetings discussed things threadbare and then forwarded the panel of probable candidates to central parliamentary board to take a final call. There was complete consensus.

‘Now I from the core of my heart congratulate all the 70 candidates declared in the first list today and wish them a grand victory. The people of Gujarat know that the our PM is also from this state and will make BJP win 150 seats,’ she said.

She said that on any one seat only one person can be the party candidate and every one in the party works to ensure the BJP which is in the heart of us all.

Anandiben also said that there was nothing wrong in repeating candidates. ‘It is done regularly. Had it not been the case how I could have made it to the assembly 4 consecutive times,’ she stressed.

Suggesting to not to believe the rumors on Social Media, she said, ‘social media is social media after all. On it anyone can post anything to defame anybody. Even Congress people can do so to create a rift in our party.’

To a query she said that it was wrong to say that there were individual supporters of her or any other leader in the party. ‘The BJP is supreme and everyone is the party’s supporter rather than of mine or any other leader. And if the leaders start creating personal supporters it would amount to damaging the party,’ she said.

DeshGujarat