Lotus blooms only for BJP, people left in mud: Former Gujarat CM Vaghela

Gujarat former CM Shankarsinh Vaghela urges all Opposition parties to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party unitedly

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela hit out at the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday over the Rafale fighter jet deal and rising fuel prices. He urged all Opposition parties to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party unitedly and regaled people with his one-liners. Calling the Modi government as not a “game changer” but merely a “name changer”, he said Modi followed the kichad, or mud model, where lotus blooms for the party and the people are left with kichad. Vaghela, who had been in talks with the Nationalist Congress Party, was tightlipped about his political affiliations in the run