Snaking through a residential society in the city’s Kalawad Road area is a modified autorickshaw, with huge posters of chief minister Vijay Rupani on top. The chief minister’s wife is here to meet you,” they tell residents, handing them booklets on the achievements of the BJP government. But this time, his election campaign is being managed by his wife Anjali as he is forced to stay away for long durations addressing rallies all over the state. “As a co-worker and wife, Anjaliben has taken upon the responsibility of campaigning for the chief minister”, said BJP spokesperson Raju Dhruv . Rupani is facing a tough challenge in the Congress’ Indranil Rajyaguru, who changed his seat from Rajkot East to Rajkot West only to challenge the chief minister.

Source: Hindustan Times November 28, 2017 15:00 UTC