Gujarat Elections | All the 'kichad' thrown at me will help lotus bloom: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a rally in Bhuj, reacted to the personal attacks made against him and his leadership. Modi said that all the mud-slinging would eventually help the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). "I am grateful for all the 'kichad' being thrown at me, after all, a lotus blooms only in 'kichad' so, I don't mind if more is thrown at me,"he said at Bhuj rally.  
PM Narendra Modi was apparently hinting at  'chaiwala' meme posted on the official Twitter handle of the Youth Congress online magazine Yuva Desh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bhuj rally is the first of his four big rallies in poll-bound Gujarat today. 

Here are the updates:

12:15 pm: Modi claimed that demonetization would help poor get their due and Congress can't browbeat him into changing the policies.​

Congress is unhappy about demonetisation. They keep attacking me but I want to tell them...I have grown up in the same land as Sardar Patel. I will ensure that the poor get their due. We will not allow this nation to be looted: PM #GujaratElection2017 pic.twitter.com/zuSUOOXhOc

— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2017

12:10 pm: We are not here for power, we are here for 125 crore Indians. We want to take India to new heights of glory: PM in Bhuj​

Prime Minister Modi talked about the rescue and rehabilitation work done at Bhuj after the earthquake in 2001. ​

When big earthquakes take place ppl say see this building has fell but in Kutch ppl say this school, this hospital, these buildings were made after the earthquake. All this was done on war footing by the army of Kutch which consists of its ppl: PM in Bhuj #GujaratElection2017 pic.twitter.com/oOPhNKY01J

— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2017

Gujarat is my soul and mother, my relationship with you is that of equality since you call me brother: PM Modi in Bhuj​

Officers did not want to get posted to #Kutch region as the water here was black in colour. Congress did not allow Narmada water to come to Kutch region. What if the Narmada waters had come to Kutch 30 years earlier? It would have made such a big different: PM Modi in Kutch pic.twitter.com/FFdzeys1wF

— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2017

Watch: PM Modi addresses Public Meeting in Kutch, Gujarat​

I am grateful for all the 'kichad' being thrown at me, after all, a lotus blooms only in 'kichad' so, I don't mind if more is thrown at me: PM Narendra Modi

I am grateful for all the 'kichad' being thrown at me, after all, a lotus blooms only in 'kichad' so, I don't mind if more is thrown at me: PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/AkEaQmIATR

— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2017

10:45 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met locals outside Ashapura Mata temple in Gujarat's Kutch

#WATCH Prime Minister Narendra Modi met locals outside Ashapura Mata temple in Gujarat's Kutch pic.twitter.com/gotKjaUUka

— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2017

9.54 am: Prime Minister Modi reaches Ashapura temple

#Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at Ashapura Mata temple in Kutch pic.twitter.com/BeWPOZQBKn

— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2017

Preparations underway for PM Narendra Modi's public meeting in Bhuj

Preparations underway for PM Narendra Modi's public meeting in #Gujarat's Bhuj #GujaratElections2017 pic.twitter.com/FsmtZt7pD8

— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2017

BJP kickstarted the election campaign in Gujarat on Sunday with "Mann Ki Baat, Chai Ke Saath"--an event where party leaders of the saffron party listened to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address while sipping tea at all the polling booths across the state. As the battle for Gujarat Assembly elections 2017 intensifies, PM Modi on Monday reached Gujarat on a 3-day visit where he will address at least eight rallies in different parts of Kuch, Saurashtra and south Gujarat.