Today, the Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah is paying a day-long visit to Gujarat, and he is going to attend a number of programs in the three largest cities of Gujarat- Surat, Rajkot and Ahmedabad. His schedule consists of religious events and activities, involvement in the cooperative sector and cultural activities, which corresponds to the broad range of his activities as a national leader and a central figure of politics in the state.
The visit started at Surat where Shah was welcomed at Circuit House by the state leaders among them Harsh Sanghvi and C. R. Patil. He used to meet local representatives and well-wishers and then go to attend events related to the ISKCON temple, such as laying of a foundation stone and a felicitation program of donors. The Surat engagements predetermined a day with a lot of people interaction and ceremony practices.
Shah changed his attention to Rajkot afternoons and was present at the general meetings of seven cooperative institutions. An ambitious joint conference was also held in the city at the Racecourse Ground in which farmers, leaders of different cooperatives and thousands of others available to the people of the Saurashtra region took part. Cooperative industry is one of the major sectors that Shah had under his portfolio as Cooperation Minister, and the fact that he was present at the event reiterated the fact that the government focused on enhancing the economic systems at the grassroots level. He also dedicated statues of great leaders during his visit to Rajkot, such as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Vitthal Radadiya, in honour of their works.
His last tour stop will be in Ahmedabad, where Shah will be attending Navratri celebrations later in the evening. He will be forced to tour various Garba places in the city and participate in one of the most lively cultural events in Gujarat. The fact that he was present at the festival not only provides the festival with a cultural twist but also shows the close attachment that he has with the traditions and the people of the state.
There have been increased security measures during the visit of Shah, particularly in Rajkot, where thousands of people were estimated to throng the place of the cooperation conference. This was implemented through multi-layered security and traffic diversions to facilitate the normal running of the program.
The visit is being perceived as the strengthening of the commitment of the Union government to the cooperative sector on the one hand, as well as a reminder of the strong connection of Shah to the social and cultural life of Gujarat. The Home Minister tour can be summed up in a day of cooperation, mass tributing, and festival celebration, which sends a powerful message of development, tradition, and empowerment of the grassroots.
