Reflecting a deep divide within the BJP on Sanjay Joshi's exit from the party, the posters have appeared when the state is scheduled to go for Assembly elections in December.
This is the third time after Joshi's unceremonious exit from the BJP's National Executive that posters have appeared in Gujarat in support of Joshi and apparently targeting Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
The posters that have come up today near the venue of the two-day state BJP executive meeting venue at Atmiya college campus here said "Sanjay Joshi aage badho, hum tumhare saath hai" (Sanjay Joshi go ahead, we are with you).
Few posters targeting Modi also appeared in the city today which read "Follow Raj dharma, and party dharma".
Though Modi's name was not mentioned on the posters, they were apparently targeted at the Chief Minister, as former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee had advised him to follow 'Raj dharma' after the 2002 riots.
Earlier, posters supporting Joshi and targeting Modi appeared in Ahmedabad a couple of times.
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Baffled over the source of the posters, the BJP started an inquiry, but has not able to find out culprit so far.
Joshi, who was first removed from the BJP national executive meet, had quit the party last Friday.
He had reportedly told that he had quit the party due to "pressure being exerted on party leadership by Modi". MORE