Gujarat polls: AIMIM announces 3 more candidates, including a Hindu SC

  • Sundhiya is the second Hindu candidate the party has announced so far, the first being Kaushika Parmar from the reserved seat constituency of Danilimda.

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AHMEDABAD, NOV 16

The All India Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Wednesday announced three more candidates, including a Hindu, for the Gujarat Assembly elections, taking the total number to 14 for 182 seats.

The three are Kalpeshbhai Sundhiya, for the Scheduled Caste reserved Vadgam seat from where sitting MLA Jignesh Mevani is fighting on a Congress ticket, Abbasbhai Nodsola from Sidhpur and Zainabbibi Shaikh from Vejalpur, which covers Juhapura, the largest Muslim ghetto in Gujarat.

Sundhiya is the second Hindu candidate the party has announced so far, the first being Kaushika Parmar from the reserved seat constituency of Danilimda.

On Tuesday, the party announced former Congress corporator Hasankhan Pathan as its candidate from Dariapur constituency while AIMIM Gujarat president Sabir Kabliwala is contesting from the Jamalpur-Khadia seat.