Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday recalled memories of the first-ever election he fought in Gujarat’s Rajkot in 2002. Sharing a video of him filing nomination for his first election in 2002, PM Modi said Rajkot will always have a very special place in his heart.
“Rajkot will always have a very special place in my heart. It was the people of this city who put their faith in me, giving me my first-ever electoral win. Since then, I have always worked to do justice to the aspirations of the Janta Janardan. It’s also a happy coincidence that I will be in Gujarat today and tomorrow, and one of the programmes is being held in Rajkot, from where 5 AIIMS will be dedicated to the nation,” the prime minister said in an X post.
PM Modi is set to inaugurate Gujarat’s first AIIMS on Sunday during his two-day visit to the state.
Rajkot will always have a very special place in my heart. It was the people of this city who put their faith in me, giving me my first ever electoral win. Since then, I have always worked to do justice to the aspirations of the Janta Janardan. It’s also a happy coincidence that I… https://t.co/mhVeNPyDTe— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 24, 2024
The video was originally shared by an X handle called ‘Modi Archives’ which often shares rare pictures, and recordings of PM Modi.
On February 24, 2002, Narendra Modi contested and won a by-election from the Rajkot II constituency. It was little after four months of him assuming the post of Gujarat’s Chief Minister.
“Finally, Rajkot has elected me as their MLA. I had requested the people of Rajkot to hold me tightly and not let me go, to put me through ‘agni pariksha’. I was not expecting that the voters from Rajkot would make me pass with distinction,” Narendra Modi had said after winning the first-ever election of his life in Rajkot.
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