NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, APRIL 24
Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge are among the 40 star campaigners named by the grand old party for the Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat.
ચૂંટણીનું પવિત્ર પર્વ ભય કે પક્ષપાત વગર તટસ્થતાથી યોજાય એ લોકશાહીનો પાયાનો સિદ્ધાંત. પોલીસ અને તંત્ર દ્વારા ડરાવી, ધમકાવી કે સત્તાધારી પક્ષ તરફી મતદાન કરાવવા માટે મતદાતા પર દબાણ કરવામાં આવી રહ્યું છે તેવી રજૂઆતો મારી પાસે આવી છે.
હું સૌ જાગૃત મતદાતાઓને કહેવા માગું છું કે, પોલીસ… pic.twitter.com/zFcP4VbvAN— Shaktisinh Gohil MP (@shaktisinhgohil) April 24, 2024
The state Congress unit on Tuesday shared the list of leaders, including party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, general secretary Randeep Surjewala and Rajasthan MLA Sachin Pilot, who would campaign for the party candidates.
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- Gohil urges all to collect the evidence and send it to WhatsApp number 8200059989 at the Congress party’s war room
- KC Venugopal, Mukul Wasnik and Ramkishan Ojha are also among Congress leaders from the national team who will campaign for the party candidates in Gujarat, as per the list submitted to the Election Commission of India on April 19
KC Venugopal, Mukul Wasnik and Ramkishan Ojha are also among Congress leaders from the national team who will campaign for the party candidates in Gujarat, as per the list submitted to the Election Commission of India on April 19.
Elections to all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on May 7.
Leaders from Gujarat who figure in the list of campaigners include Congress state president Shaktisinh Gohil, former state chiefs Jagdish Thakor and Siddharth Patel, MLAs Amit Chavda, Jignesh Mevani and Shailesh Parmar, and former legislators Sukhram Rathwa, Lalit Kagathara, Paresh Dhanani, Gyasuddin Shaikh, Indranil Rajguru and Punja Vansh.
Among other notable names from the Congress are Dipak Babaria, Madhusudan Mistry, Amee Yagnik and Usha Naidu.
Out of the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, the Congress is contesting 23, and its INDIA bloc ally Aam Aadmi Party has fielded candidates in Bharuch and Bhavnagar constituencies.
The Congress lost the Surat seat even before contesting it after its candidate Nilesh Kumbhani’s nomination form was rejected.
Meanwhile, Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was intimidating voters and asking them to either vote in its favour or refrain from voting in the Lok Sabha elections.
The ruling party in the state was misusing the government machinery to pressure the voters, he claimed.
The opposition party also released a phone number for voters to share the evidence, if they have any, against police or administrative officials trying to intimidate or pressure them to vote in favour of the BJP.
“It is a fundamental principle of democracy that the sacred festival of elections should be held neutrally without fear or bias. I have received representations from voters that they are being intimidated or pressured by the police and the administrative officials to vote in favour of the ruling party or refrain from voting,” Gohil said in a video message.
He then urged the voters to make a video or audio recording of the criminal act of intimidation on their mobile phones, and if they have access to CCTV footage or stealth camera, they should collect the evidence and send it to WhatsApp number 8200059989 at the Congress party’s war room at its state headquarters.
