New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi's month long yatra reached south Gujarat on Sunday. The Gujarat Chief Minister will be campaigning in Uchal and Baruch on Sunday.
Modi had taken out a month long political yatra naming it Swami Vivekananda Yuva Vikas Yatra. He has been addressing Vivekananda Youth Convention all over the state and has been quoting from his work on a daily basis on his twitter account, a strategy which has baffled his detractors.
On Saturday, the state Congress accused Modi of misusing government machinery for his election campaigns.
His opponents have severely criticised him for misusing the name of Swami Vivekananda, who during his life had remained away from any political activity though being very famous in the late part of 18th century after he returned from the US.
In his speeches during the yatra, Modi speaks about realising dreams of Swami Vivekananda to make India 'vishwa guru', and urges youths to take up his cause.
Modi had a year back launched a Sadbhavna Mission after the Supreme Court appointed SIT gave a clean chit to him in the 2002 riot cases to reach out to minority community of the state and affect a changeover in his image so that he is more acceptable at the national level.
Former chief minister Keshubhai Patel had also severely criticised Modi for using the name of Vivekananda by saying in his blog that a great saint who always kept himself away from politics is being dragged by Modi in the world of politics.
With Additional Inputs From PTI
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