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Aishwarya Rai lauds Gujarat for rapid progress

Updated on: 10 December,2012 12:49 PM IST  | 
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Days before the assembly elections in Gujarat, Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Sunday praised the growth witnessed by the state in the past years under Chief Minister Narendra Modi's government.

Aishwarya Rai lauds Gujarat for rapid progress

Incidentally, her father-in-law and Bollywood legend, Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador for Gujarat’s tourism department.


Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan


“I am familiar with the incredible progress in Gujarat. The nation has been witnessing it and I am so glad that I am considered as part of the family here. It has been a long standing relationship and I feel totally at home here,” said Aishwarya.



Pledging to love and vote: Over 51 newlyweds and their relatives took an oath to cast their vote in the forthcoming Gujarat Assembly elections in an event organised by u00a0Balkeshwar Mahadev Trust. Pic/AFP

Modi, who is contesting from Ahmedabad’s Maninagar seat, will lock horns with Congress candidate Shweta Bhatt. Maninagar is a Modi stronghold and he has held this seat since 2002. In 2007, he defeated the Congress candidate by around 75,000 votes. Gujarat will go to the polls in two phases on December 13 and 17.

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