RAJKOT, Date :- 20/06/2011 : Kesridevsinh Zala, 28, yuvraj of erstwhile princely state of Wankaner in Rajkot district, on Sunday joined BJP in the presence of chief minister Narendra Modi at the royal palace. On Sunday, over 18 royal families of Saurashtra region felicitated Modi for the development work he has carried out.
Kesridevsinh Zala's father Digvijaysinh Zala has been a Congress leader and was a Union environment minister. However, he is not active in politics since the past few years. The felicitation memento describes various schemes and works carried out by the Modi government and praises him for Vibrant Gujarat summits. It says that "people want you (Modi) to be a prime minister and we wish you to achieve this as you are a 'rajpurush'".
While welcoming Modi, Shivbhadrasinhji Gohil of erstwhile princely state of Bhavnagar, described the definition of 'kshatriya' and said, "I would say that in my opinion, there are two kshatriyas by their karma. One was Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel and the other is Narendra Modi." Gohil said, "Royal families have been pro-people in their rule and have provided best examples of development."
"This is the first time that the chief minister and royals from the princely states from across the region got together. Modi's work has been inspirational for many and is model one," said Digvijaysinh Zala. "Modi has been doing a good job and under his able leadership the state has achieved new heights of progress," said Kesridevsinh Zala.
Modi welcomed Zala to BJP and said times are changing and the youth has a major role to play. "In 1947, all the princely states handed over their 'raj' to the nation and their contribution is unmatched," Modi said. "To give away the rule is difficult,'' he said, hinting at the emergency. Members of erstwhile princely states of Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Sinhori (Rajasthan), Lunavada, Limbadi, Devgadh Baria, Lakhtar, Lathi, Muli, Chuda, Virpur, Balashinor, Patdi, Jetpur, Mansa, Poshina and Sanand were present on this occasion.
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