Amit Shah on Friday reflected on his rise from being a poster poster for the BJP after winning nomination from Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat in 2019 with a huge margin of 5.5 lakh votes. The journey of local workers to de facto representatives of the party. Number two and federal interior minister.

In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Mr Shah expressed confidence that the party would achieve its best-ever results in the south and said he was happy that the roadshow on Thursday passed through the place where he worked early in his career.

The mega roadshow starts from Naranpura and reaches Gandhinagar via Sarkhej. “What’s special for me is that the roadshow passed by the place where I put up posters for parties and painted walls. My journey from being a local worker to where I am today happened in this area,” he said in Hindi.

“For 30 years… people here made me an MLA and MP and I later became the BJP president and home minister. As an ally of Narendra Modi, I was his supporter in Gujarat and the Centre. member of the cabinet. I am proud of it and I believe the love and blessings of the people of Gandhinagar mean a lot to me,” he recalled.

The interior minister said he was touched by how everyone, from a seven-year-old girl to a 91-year-old woman, sent him flowers and well wishes.

All 26 seats in Gujarat will go to polls in the third phase on May 7.

On the prospects of the BJP in the southern region, Mr. Shah said: “I think we will have our best ever performance in the southern region. We will do well in Tamil Nadu. The southern region has been the party’s best performance among the people. “A major area of ​​concern in the Lok Sabha elections”, Telangana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Prime Minister Modi’s support in the southern region has reached levels that will translate into electoral victories for the first time. . “