The BJP has released its first list of candidates in view of the Gujarat Assembly elections. Under this, the names of candidates have been fixed for 160 seats. Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav announced this. He told that Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will contest from Ghatlodhia seat. At the same time, Rivaba, wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, has also been given a ticket.
Apart from these, tickets have been given to Aniruddha Bhai from Mandvi, Trikam Bhai from Anjar, Malti Ben from Gandhidham, Kantilal from Morbi and Vegji Bhai from Kalwar. Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba has been fielded from Jamnagar North. At the same time, Raghav ji from Jam Nagar Rural, Shivabhai from Mahua and Jayesh Bhai from Jaitpur will beat.
Many Gujarat BJP leaders have announced not to contest the elections. These include Nitin Patel, Bhupendra Singh Chudasama, who was Education and Revenue Minister in the Vijay Rupani government’s cabinet, Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja, Energy Minister Saurabh Patel. At the same time, MLA from Bhavnagar and minister in Rupani government Vibhavari Ben Dave, ministers Kaushik Patel, Vallabh Kakadia and Yogesh Patel have also announced not to contest the elections.
