With ladoos, band baja, live music and DJ Gujarati Samaj members are gearing up to mark their hero Narendra Modi’s taking over as Prime Minister of the country.
The happiness over the fellow- Gujarati rising to the ladder’s top rank will be shown on his swearing- ceremony on May 26 with distribution of food packets among the vulnerable children of the society by the samaj members.
There are around 2,500 Guajarati families residing in state capital mainly at lalji Hirji road, lalpur, Ratu Road, Shukla colony Hinoo and Harmu road.
An elated Gujarati Samaj president Chandrakant Raipat said, “The deserving leader taking over as Prime Minister of the country is a matter of great pride for us. The people of our country desire for a total change of picture of India. To connect with his (Modi) victory the samaj members are planning for a grand celebration. We will extend our happiness by sharing sweets with each other followed by cracker works.”
Explaining about the day schedule he further added that the day will commence with the allocation of food packets among the unfortunate children. In the evening the celebration will begin. The preparation is underway.
Order for as many as 50 kg of ‘moti-choor ladoos’ and 10,000 fire works has been placed. Patel hall in lalpur in the venue place fixed for the day.
“The members are leaving no stone unturned to make celebration larger than life. The celebration will not be restricted only to the Gujarati community but people from different walks of life will be invited to be part of the celebration,” said Guajarati Samaj vice president Suryakant Rathod.
While Samaj former president of Gujarati Samaj Tulsi Patel describing the qualities of their community superhero added, “This is the person who can bring much needed change in India and we have complete faith in him. He has won people’s confidence by developing Gujarat and our hopes are high that he will also develop India in a much better way. He thinks much ahead of other people. This is the biggest win after 40 years of Indian history. He has been Gujarat Chief Minister for last 15 years and has done tremendous job.”
Meanwhile, preparation of garba- traditional dance form of the community is carrying out in full swing among Samaj lady members.
“We usually organize garba during Navratri and Uttrayan in Makar Sakranti. This occasion is not less than a festival for us so we have decided to perform garba and for this our preparation is in full swing,” said Arpana Raipat.
The oldest member of the Raipat family talking about her aspiration from Modi, Meera Raipat added, “We pray that Modi will be able to create the same magic at national level which he did in Gujarat. We want India to achieve a global role.”