In Surat, where the BJP won 15 of the 16 assembly seats in 2017 elections, finishing at its lowest number in Gujarat in decades, the party is now facing the AAP as its principal challenger this time.
“This time the Delhi model will prevail over the Gujarat model. What the AAP government did in Delhi has also been implemented in Punjab. In such a situation, the people of Gujarat feel that no one apart from Kejriwal can do anything. Inflation is increasing here every day but the income is not,” said Kundan Bhai, a resident of Kathiawar who runs a shop in Varachha, and whose family has always supported the BJP.
