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STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2022

AAP to unleash star campaigners in Gujarat

as BJP releases list of its top candidates

Hardik Patel, who was the former working president of Gujarat Congress and joined BJP in the month of June,

is on the list of 160 BJP candidates and will be contesting from Viramgam constituency

OUR BUREAU campaigners for Gujarat where the
party is eying to make inroads.
Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad
Former cricketer and Rajya
he Bharatiya Janata Party Sabha MP from Punjab Harbhajan
(BJP) on Thursday announced Singh will also campaign for the par-
Tthe first list of candidates for ty in Gujarat as a star campaigner.
160 candidates out of the 182 con- Besides, AAP’s Chief Minis-
stituencies, which includes 14 female terial candidate in the state Isudan
candidates for the upcoming Gujarat Gadhvi and party’s state president
Assembly elections. With the Assem- Gopal Italia in Gujarat are also in
bly elections scheduled for December the list.
1 and 5 in the State, the BJP leaders
in a press conference held in Delhi Earlier on Tuesday, the Aam
announced this first list on the major-
ity of the constituencies. Aadmi Party (AAP) released
its sixth list of 20 candidates
The list of 160 candidates in- for the Gujarat Assembly elec-

cludes 14 females, 13 from tions. So far, Aam Aadmi Party
scheduled caste, 24 from the has announced 73 candidates
scheduled tribe and there are for Gujarat.
69 candidates who have been
Earlier on November 4, the
repeated. Rivaba Jadeja, wife AAP government announced Isu-
of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja dan Gadhvi, the party’s National
has also been given a ticket by Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal waves to Joint General Secretary as its chief
ministerial candidate for the up-
BJP from Jamnagar North Con- the supporters during a roadshow ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, in Junagadh on coming Gujarat Assembly elections.

stituency. Tuesday. (ANI Photo) The party made this announcement
following a crowdsourcing campaign
160 candidates and will be contest- counting of votes will occur on De- under which the people of the state
It is the first time that three fe- ing from Viramgam constituency. cember 8, which coincides with Hi- could give their opinion on a num-
male candidates have been given Patel spearheaded the patidar reser- machal Pradesh’s result date. ber and an email ID shared by the
tickets from Ahmedabad (Thakkar- vation agitation in Gujarat in 2015. While Congress is seeking to party until 5 pm, November 3.
bapa Nagar, Asarwa and Naroda). Other Congress leaders who oust the BJP, Aam Aadmi Party Delhi Chief Minister and AAP
Gujarat Chief Minister will be con- joined BJP from Congress in the (AAP) is also making efforts to put national convenor Arvind Kejriwal
testing from the Ghatlodia constitu- past like Jawahar Chavda (he was up a strong performance in the polls. launched the campaign on October
ency and the celebrations started at also the cabinet minister in Vijay The Aam Aadmi Party on Tues- 29 asking people whom they wanted
his office in Ahmedabad as soon as Rupani’s ministry), Ashvin Kotwal day released a list of star campaign- as their chief ministerial candidate.
his name was announced. and Pradyumansinh Jadeja have ers for the upcoming Assembly polls Meanwhile, in another jolt to
Senior BJP leaders like Vijay been given tickets from Manavadar, in Gujarat where the party is look- Congress ahead of the Assembly
Rupani, Bhupendrasinh Chudasa- Khedbrahma and Abdasa constitu- ing to take on the ruling BJP. Big elections in Gujarat, party MLA
ma, Nitin Patel and Pradipsinh Jade- encies respectively. names of the party including Delhi from Jhalod Bhavesh Katara sub-
ja on Wednesday night stated they BJP is in power in the state from Chief Minister and party’s supre- mitted his resignation to Speaker
do not want to contest the elections the last 27 years and is considered as mo Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy in Nimaben Acharya on Wednesday.
and have also conveyed the same to BJP bastion. the Delhi government Manish Si- He is the second leader to resign
the higher authorities in Delhi. Gujarat has been the BJP bas- sodia, and Punjab Chief Minister on the same day. Earlier, Congress
Hardik Patel, who was the for- tion for decades and the party is Bhagwant Mann are among the star MLA from Talala constituency in
mer working president of Gujarat seeking its seventh term in office. campaigners of the party. AAP MPs Gujarat, Bhagvanbhai D Barad, ten-
Congress and joined BJP in the The elections will be held in two Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha dered his resignation from all posts
month of June is also on the list of phases on December 1 and 5. The also feature in the list of 20-star of INC to Dr Nimaben Acharya.

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