India, Nov. 7 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday set the BJP a target of winning more than 65 of Uttarakhand's 70 assembly seats next year, calling for a "hat-trick" in the state and asking party workers to carry the message door to door. Addressing a rally in Dehradun to mark the state's 26th Foundation Day, he said Uttarakhand would be the first milestone in the country's journey towards a developed India.

Shah, who also inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 62 development projects worth Rs 1,475.31 crore, recalled that the party had won 57 seats in 2017 and 47 in 2022, and said workers must now cross the 65-seat mark. The "voice of Uttarakhand" should reach Rahul Gandhi, he said, adding that the Congress leader's tours of...