- The ruling party has denied ticket to Hakubha as he had been found guilty in a criminal case by the Gujarat High Court
- Since the constituency voted for the first time in 2012 after being carved out following delimitation, it is essentially a Congress seat as it won for the first time while the BJP grabbed it in 2017 after the incumbent MLA crossed over to the saffron camp: Naynaba Jadeja.
- Rivaba Jadeja joined Karni Sena and later the BJP in the spirit of doing something good for the society and country, she has often said in her public interactions and cites Modi as her inspiration for entering politics.
NE NEWS SERVICE
JAMNAGAR, NOV 27
Election campaign at Jamnagar for congress candidate Bipendrasinh jadeja(78) nd Manoj kathiria (79) pic.twitter.com/Rg4zwD11Xo
— Dr. Indravijaysinh Gohil (@IG_Gohil_) November 26, 2022
Citing voters of price rise under the ruling BJP and its “unfulfilled” employment promises, cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s elder sister Naynaba Jadeja sought votes for the Congress. Incidentally, her sister-in-law Rivaba Jadeja is the BJP candidate in Jamnagar North.
आपके इस अपार प्रेम, स्नेह और विश्वास को ब्याज सहित चुकाउंगी।#VoteForBjp pic.twitter.com/g0Hj4biByg
— Rivaba Jadeja (@rivaba_jadeja) November 24, 2022
While the famous cricketer campaigned for his wife Rivaba Jadeja, his elder sister canvassed for Bipendrasinh Jadeja, highlighting the “sibling rivalry” that has added another layer of interest in the poll after the BJP dropped its sitting MLA Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, locally better known as Hakubha.
#BipendraSinhJadeja talking about issues of #JamnagarNorth Vidhansabha, with Him councillors and Sister of Ravindra Sinh Jadeja -Naina Jadeja .
Congress will win this seat with 10,000 plus votes . https://t.co/wHOdmqKyxg pic.twitter.com/VosSFjrEHL— Abhimanyu Pratap Singh (@abhimanyusvoice) November 16, 2022
The ruling party has denied ticket to Hakubha as he had been found guilty in a criminal case by the Gujarat High Court. And according to the Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling, all parties have to restrain from fielding ‘criminalised candidates’ in any poll, and in case of giving them tickets, the case details have to be uploaded on their websites, including the justification for allotting tickets.
ભારતીય રાષ્ટ્રીય કોંગ્રેસના અધ્યક્ષ શ્રી મલ્લિકાઅર્જુન ખડગેજીની ડેડીયાપાડા ખાતે જંગી જાહેર સભા@kharge #gujratwithcongress https://t.co/w9NZJLOTHq
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 27, 2022
Herself a contender for the Congress ticket from the Jamnagar North seat, Naynaba has emerged as a key campaigner for her party after the BJP chose her famous brother’s wife as its candidate.
ખીલેલું રાખીએ સદા આપણું કમળ #આવશે_તો_ભાજપ_જ pic.twitter.com/HELTUNKdaG
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) November 24, 2022
She is often the focus of media queries while the Congress candidate, a seasoned organisation man and businessman, plays a supporting role.
“I have my ideology and have been with a party I admire,” she says, slamming the BJP over the issue of price rise and claiming that it only makes promises to people but never fulfils them, be it on employment or education.
RSS અને ભાજપની ઓફિસમાં સરદાર કે બાબા સાહેબ અંબેડકરનો ફોટો પણ નથી#GujaratWithCongress#CongressAaveChe pic.twitter.com/AGvBCsZBmZ
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 27, 2022
An overwhelmingly urban constituency, Jamnagar North may be seen as more favourable to the BJP than the Congress even though the opposition party’s supporters believe their party can spring a surprise.
કોંગ્રેસ અધ્યક્ષ શ્રી મલ્લિકાર્જુન ખડગેની ડેડીયાપાડા ખાતે જંગી જાહેર સભા
શ્રી @kharge જી#GujaratWithCongress#CongressAaveChe pic.twitter.com/ZOvoFys0YO— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 27, 2022
Naynaba argues that since the constituency voted for the first time in 2012 after being carved out following delimitation, it is essentially a Congress seat as it won for the first time while the BJP grabbed it in 2017 after the incumbent MLA crossed over to the saffron camp.
Even the winning BJP candidate was a Congressman who won on his appeal, and our party will score this time, she claims.
મતદાનના દિવસે કોઈ પણ પ્રકારની ગડબડ જણાય તેમજ કોઈ મતદાર ને મતદાન કરવાથી રોકવામાં આવે અથવા મતદાનને લઈને કોઈ પણ પ્રકારની મુશ્કેલી જણાય તો તમે કોંગ્રેસ પાર્ટીના હેલ્પલાઇન નંબર 6351491747 પર સંપર્ક કરી શકો છો. જેથી યોગ્ય કાર્યવાહી માટે રજુઆત તગાય શકે. pic.twitter.com/CZ2BUNBbBB
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 27, 2022
Congress leaders also hope to benefit from any faultlines within the BJP caused by its denial of the ticket to the sitting MLA. The AAP has fielded Karsan Karmur, who had quit the BJP to join it last year.
The state will have two-phase Assembly polls on December 1 and 5, while the votes will be counted on December 8. It is witnessing a three-cornered fight with the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the fray.
કોંગ્રેસના તમામ વચનો બનશે કાયદા અને જનતાને થશે ફાયદા
તો ચાલો કોંગ્રેસ લાવીએ,ખુશહાલી લાવીએ#CongressAaveChe#CongressNaVachan#કૉંગ્રેસ_આવે_છે_125_લાવે_છે pic.twitter.com/jUnvMeObLK— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 27, 2022
Hakubha, an influential person, has now been dropped in favour of Riviba Jadeja but the BJP has managed to placate him by making him the party’s in-charge for polling in three assembly seats, including Jamnagar North.
Rajputs, the community the two main candidates hail from, and Muslims are among the largest voting blocs here.
છત્તીસગઢના યશસ્વી મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભુપેશ બઘેલજીની પાલીતાણા ખાતે જંગી જાહેર સભા @bhupeshbaghel https://t.co/NBj3GYTogU
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 27, 2022
Campaigning for Rivaba, BJP workers express confidence of her win and claim the curiosity is more about margin.
They also dismiss the Congress’ “outsider” charge against her, arguing that she had been working in the region after joining the BJP in 2019, months after she and her husband Ravindra Jadeja met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In line with SC directive, BJP denied tickets to criminally charged candidates in Gujarat elections
A degree-holder in mechanical engineering, she was born and raised in Rajkot while her husband is from Jamnagar.
Before joining the BJP, she was in Karni Sena, a Rajput group accused in the past of vandalism and violence in promotion of its causes.
She joined Karni Sena and later the BJP in the spirit of doing something good for the society and country, she has often said in her public interactions and cites Modi as her inspiration for entering politics.
