Indore: Modi’s tsunami again won over the long-held citadel of Indore for BJP, offering a new leadership after decades to first-timer Shankar Lalwani. As he moved towards victory in Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital, after several rounds of counting; Lalwani won the seat with flying saffron. Lalwani replaced none other than eight-time MP and Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan popularly known as ‘Tai’, who had stepped aside from the race of tickets after the party remained indecisive for a while over her name on grounds of age. Discussing record-breaking win of BJP, Lalwani said, “This win is a win of Indore’s voters, who supported development and recognised the work of PM Narendra Modi.”
He quoted previous contribution of BJP leaders. “15 years of development headed by former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, further work done for development of the city by our 8 times elected member of parliament Sumitra Tai are important factors due to which, we had a record-breaking win,” Lalwani said. Not leaving out party ministers and workers, he said, “Our ministers, party workers and most importantly all the voters, their love and support for the country and BJP has powered us to work for development.” Along with Tai’s work, he mentioned, “Tai’s blessing, our party’s planned and unified efforts further coupled with Modi’s wave ensured our win.”
When asked about challenges if faced any, Lalwani said, “We did not face any challenges, every person of our party has been continuously working in a properly planned manner.” Highlighting unity as their strength, he said, “Our unity worked the magic and made sure that saffron spreads across the city and country.” Talking about competition from Congress, Lalwani said, “Congress felt they are in the battle, but we did not feel they were even competition.” Discussing surety of the win, he said, “We were sure to win, the only question was by how much margin.” Quoting developments, Lalwani said, “We are working on a blueprint of development of the city and country that will help us in having a properly planned development.”
