The BJP has fielded Rivaba Jadeja, cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s spouse who joined the social gathering in 2019, as its candidate for the Jamnagar North candidate for the Gujarat meeting polls, dropping its present MLA Dharmendrasinh M Jadeja.
Congress import Hardik Patel, from Viramgram, can also be on the first listing of candidates, 160 of 182, introduced immediately by the ruling social gathering, as are seven leaders who fought on the Congress ticket final time.
From Morbi, the place a bridge collapse killed over 130 individuals two weeks in the past, the social gathering has changed the sitting MLA, and as a substitute chosen a former MLA who’d reportedly jumped into the river to save lots of among the victims of the collapse.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will struggle from Ghatlodia.
In energy in Gujarat for 27 years now, the BJP has not fielded a few of its senior leaders, lots of whom, similar to former chief minister Vijay Rupani, introduced that they had been opting out on their very own.
Amongst first-timers, Rivaba Jadeja, who’s been constructing assist by touring villages for months, is a mechanical engineer by schooling.
Associated to Congress veteran Hari Singh Solanki, she married Ravindra Jadeja in 2016. Banking on the household’s Rajput heritage and ex-royal lineage, she has been an lively politician within the Jamnagar-Saurashtra area.
Amongst Congress imports are seven who fought the 2017 elections, similar to Pradyuman Jadeja and Ashwin Kotwal.
Hardik Patel, former Working President of Gujarat Congress, couldn’t contest in 2017 as he didn’t meet the minimal age criterion of 25.
Eighty-nine segments vote within the first section on December 1. The second section, for the remaining 93 of the 182 seats, shall be held on December 5, and the consequence be out on December 8 together with that of Himachal Pradesh.
The BJP listing announcement got here the morning after the social gathering ballot panel met beneath the chairmanship of social gathering chief JP Nadda on November 9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Residence Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister had been among the many attendees.
Gujarat, PM Modi and Amit Shah’s dwelling state the place the BJP is in energy for 27 years working, is seeing a three-way contest this time because the AAP has run a high-decibel marketing campaign to grow to be a substitute for the Congress and BJP.
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BJP Fields Ex MLA Who “Jumped Into River To Save Lives” In Gujarat’s Morbi