For BJP, Gujarat is a laboratory of governance: Nadda

We will implement this model across the country, BJP president says on visit to the State

While taking stock of the preparations for the Assembly polls coming up in Gujarat later this year, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J. P. Nadda on Friday said Gujarat is a “laboratory” for the BJP on matters pertaining to governance and party organisation.

“Gujarat is a laboratory of governance and party organisation. We will implement this model across the country. As a party chief, it is also my responsibility to take this model ahead,” he told reporters during a press conference at the State BJP headquarters in Gandhinagar. 

Mr. Nadda said successful “experiments” to develop the party and make it a “medium of change” were carried out in Gujarat when Narendra Modi was first a party office-bearer and later, the Chief Minister of the State. 

“Modi- ji created a development model in Gujarat. At the national level, we are now seeing that model being replicated nationally,” Mr. Nadda said. 

Giving an example of the experiment, Mr. Nadda said that the sudden change of guard effected by the party in 2021 in Gujarat when the then Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and his Cabinet resigned, and the new government under Bhupendra Patel’s leadership that replaced it was also an experiment carried out as part of the party’s strategy. 

When asked why the entire government was replaced, Mr. Nadda called it an “experiment”. 

“See, it’s a laboratory. Otherwise, which party would have dared to do that? It was part of our strategy and it cannot be discussed in public. Let us decide what experiment is needed for what purpose,” Mr. Nadda said when asked about the reason for the Rupani Cabinet’s exit in September 2021.