Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s scheduled visit to Gujarat on Thursday has been cancelled, according to office-bearers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While no official reason was immediately provided for the cancellation, it is widely speculated that the Home Minister’s preoccupation with the aftermath of the recent car blast in the national capital is the cause.
Shah was due to inaugurate two events in Ahmedabad — the Ahmedabad Food Festival and the Ahmedabad International Book Festival 2025 — at the Sabarmati Riverfront Event Centre on November 13. He was also scheduled to attend the inauguration programmes at Dudhsagar Dairy in Boriyavi, Mehsana.
"Shah's visit to Ahmedabad and Mehsana stands cancelled," confirmed Bimal Joshi, the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha spokesperson and a BJP leader. Joshi added that the Union Minister might still participate in the event at Boriyavi virtually via video conferencing.
The cancellation follows a high-intensity blast in a car near the Red Fort on Monday evening, which resulted in at least 12 fatalities. Shah subsequently visited the site and, on Tuesday, twice held review meetings on the security situation in the national capital and other parts of the country.
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