Nov 17, 2022: 1st Phase: Candidates of the 3 parties and others file nominations
Controversy about Kanchan Jariwala
Summary: Gujarat Assembly Election 2022: In the coming few days all roads will lead to Gujarat where the ruling party which has been in power for over 27 years will be seeking its seventh term in office.
Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party will be doing carpet bombing in Gujarat with several public meetings of central ministers and state leaders across 89 constituencies on November 18. Central ministers including PM Modi, state leaders, candidates for the Assembly elections and other star campaigners will be holding public rallies and public meeting in these constituencies to set the mood for the Gujarat elections.
Several Union Ministers including Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Dharmendra Pradhan and Smriti Irani among others will be holding public meetings across these constituencies. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and State party president CR Patil will also be addressing a rally on Friday.
Apart from these, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Vankaner, Jhagadia and Choryasi assembly seats and address the gathering, Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar will be in Dasada, Bhavnagar. Nitin Gadkari will visit Jamnagar Rural, Bharuch and Olpad assembly segments.
National president of the party JP Nadda will begin the campaign from Navsari and Rajkot. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will address a public meeting in Morbi, Gandhidham and Mandvi in Kutch.
Nov 17, 2022: A controversy has been created by AAP over the withdrawal of nomination as an MLA for Gujarat Legislative Assembly by Kanchan Jariwala.
He had filed his nomination as AAP’s candidate from Surat East, till he dramatically withdrew his nomination. AAP alleged that Kanchan Jariwala was kidnapped by the BJP and ‘forced’ to withdraw his nomination. The BJP rejected the accusation calling it baseless. Jariwala released a video in which he claimed he listened to his inner voice and there was no pressure on him.
We feel blames by one political party on the other, when social pressures lead to a decision by a person to decide whether she wants to fight the election, vitiate the environment.
PM Narendra Modi to address 8 Election rallies from Nov 19-21
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 8 Election rallies in South Gujarat and Saurashtra, which are going to poll in the first phase of elections. The rallies are scheduled at
- Valsad (on November 19),
- Veraval, Dhoraji, Amreli, Botad (on November 20) and,
- Surendra Nagar, Jambusar and Navsari (on November 21).
The Prime Minister is likely to visit Gujarat again before the campaigning ends on 28th November for the first phase of voting, to be held on 1st December 2022.