- AAP Gujarat president Gopal Italia states that the party would release its next list of candidates soon
- Party supremo and Delhi CM Kejriwal is expected to campaign in Gujarat on August 6, 7 and 10
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, AUG 2
Day after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal wooed the youth with education, job, and unemployment allowance in Veraval, the party on Tuesday released its initial list of 10 candidates on Tuesday. It has already announced that the party would contest all 182 seats in the polls expected to be held in December this year.
આજરોજ ગુજરાત વિધાનસભા 2022ની ચુટણી અંતર્ગત જાહેર થયેલ 'આપ'ના તમામ ઉમેદવારોને ખુબ ખુબ અભિનંદન અને શુભેચ્છાઓ!
વિજયી ભવ: pic.twitter.com/TphiDN4UI5
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) August 2, 2022
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) August 2, 2022
Party supremo and Delhi CM Kejriwal is expected to campaign in Gujarat on August 6, 7 and 10. Taking the first mover advantage, AAP has thrown the gauntlet to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in their home turf.
Releasing the list, AAP Gujarat president Gopal Italia stated that the party would release its next list of candidates soon and that the 10 nominees announced on Tuesday included tribals, Dalits and Other Backward Classes.
ગુજરાતના ઇતિહાસમાં પ્રથમ વખત એવું બની રહ્યું છે કે કોઈ રાજકીય પાર્ટી ચૂંટણીના 3-4 મહિના પહેલા ઉમેદવાર જાહેર કરી રહી હોય.
ગુજરાતની જનતાને જે ઈમાનદાર પક્ષ અને નેતૃત્વ જોઈતું હતું તે ગુજરાતની જનતાને અરવિંદ કેજરીવાલ અને આમ આદમી પાર્ટીના સ્વરૂપમાં મળી રહ્યું છે.. pic.twitter.com/vjtl5z4PrQ
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) August 2, 2022
The list has been announced when the Election Commission is yet to decide the schedule for the Gujarat polls. The last elections were held in December 2017.
The list announced Tuesday has three State vice-presidents, Bhemabhai Chaudhary from Deodar and Sagar Rabari from Becharaji in North Gujarat, Jagmal Vala from Somnath in Saurashtra and Arjun Rathwa from Chhotaudepur (Scheduled Tribe) in central Gujarat.
જે કહ્યું એ કરી બતાવ્યું.
ભાજપ જેવા ખોખલા વાયદાઓ નહિ, પરંતુ કામની ગેરંટી!#KejriwalNiRojgarGuarantee pic.twitter.com/iDmOXPSY8T— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) August 2, 2022
The Gujarat AAP chief told media persons, “The party has announced the list early and would do so for all 182 seats before the elections are declared. This is to ensure that our candidates get more time to connect with the voters in their respective constituencies.”
Among other candidates, Dalit leader and former Congress leader from Rajkot, Vashram Sagathiya, has been fielded from the Rajkot Rural seat, while state AAP secretary Ram Dhaduk will contest from Kamrej constituency in Surat.
— AAP Gujarat (@AAPGujarat) August 2, 2022
The president of the State AAP’s trade wing, Shivlal Barasia, has been nominated from the Rajkot South seat and Sudhir Vaghani, the Gujarat joint secretary, has been chosen for Gariyadhar – both in the Saurashtra region, while cooperative leader Rajendra Solanki is the candidate from Bardoli in Surat district.
Omprakash Tiwari, who lost the 2017 polls as a Congress candidate, will be the AAP’s candidate from the Naroda constituency in Ahmedabad.
