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- Oct 21, Ahmedabad: Former CM Keshubhai Patel, the seniormost BJP leader in the state, attends a function to honour party rebel and Modi-baiter Gordhanbhai Zadaphia and announces that his fight against injustice will continue. "Unless Ravana is destroyed," said Keshubhai dramatically on Dussehra day, "Ramrajya can't be ushered in."
- Oct 22, Amreli: Sadhus and sants led by Swami Avichaldasji convene a Hindu Dharma Raksha Sant Sammelan, where they pledge to work for the removal of Modi, announce the formation of the Hindu Suraksha Manch, and invite Uma Bharati to enter the election arena in Gujarat.
- Oct 23, Ahmedabad: Mukund Deobankar, sahprant pracharak of the RSS in Gujarat, says the Sangh won't support any party in Gujarat. "We'll remain uninvolved in the polls," he says. The same day, Praful Sanjaliya, president of another RSS front organisation, the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), is quoted as saying that, if necessary, the BKS will coordinate with the Congress to remove Modi.
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