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Rajkot Police on Sunday confirmed the arrest of several supporters of erstwhile Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sanjay Joshi for being actively involved in a poster war that was aimed at Gujarat Chief Minister and Joshi’s bete noire Narendra Modi. The posters appeared at various places across the city on the sidelines of the two-day state executive meeting of the BJP. The posters appeared even as the state goes to elections in December. Sunday’s poster war was the third instance of Joshi and his supporters targeting Modi after his exit from the BJP National Executive. The posters said: "Sanjay Joshi Aage Badho, Hum Tumhare Saath Hai" (Sanjay Joshi go ahead, we are with you) and instructions to Modi to "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. Baffled over the source of the posters, the BJP started an inquiry, but has not able to find out culprit so far.

Rajkot police arrest Sanjay Joshi’s supporters after poster war