By PTI
AHMEDABAD: The Patidar group, a bit of which had voted in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) within the 2017 Assembly polls held within the backdrop of the quota agitation in Gujarat, returned to the ruling outfit within the 2022 elections, serving to it win a lot of the seats dominated by the influential social group.
The BJP has performed extraordinarily effectively within the Patidar-dominated constituencies of the state, successful virtually each seat that has vital Patel inhabitants.
Polling for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly occurred on December 1 and 5, and votes have been counted on December 8.
In the Saurashtra area, the Congress had gained Patidar-dominated seats of Morbi, Tankara, Dhoraji and Amreli, amongst others in 2017. However, all these Assembly segments this time went within the BJP’s kitty.
In Patidar-dominated Surat, the place the AAP was banking on the group to bag a couple of seats, the social group by and huge backed the ruling occasion. The saffron outfit gained Patidar seats of Varachha Road, Katargam and Olpad with big margins.
In North Gujarat, the Congress had gained Patidar-dominated Unjha seat 5 12 months in the past, however this time it was wrested by the BJP. The BJP, forward of the 2022 elections, reached out to the Patel group.
The occasion changed its Chief Minister Vijay Rupani with incumbent Bhupendra Patel in September 2021.
The ruling outfit introduced in Patidar quota agitation chief Hardik Patel to its fold from the Congress and fielded him from the Viramgam Assembly seat from the place he gained by a good-looking margin.
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The largest transfer of the BJP on the state and central degree which placated the group was giving 10 per cent quota in jobs and schooling to the poor (economically weaker sections or EWS) amongst “upper castes”.
The 2017 polls have been fought within the shadow of Hardik Patel-led quota agitation launched to safe OBC standing for the group. In the 2017 elections, regardless of setting an bold goal of successful 150 out of the 182 seats, the BJP bagged simply 99 seats.
Thanks to the Patidar quota agitation and whirlwind marketing campaign by Hardik Patel in opposition to the BJP, the opposition Congress had then emerged victorious on 77 seats.
As per group’s estimate, there are almost 40 seats in Gujarat the place Patidar voters play a decisive function. These seats are scattered throughout rural in addition to city landscapes of the state.
Though Patels account for almost 18 per cent of Gujarat’s inhabitants, 44 Patidar MLAs have been elected in 2017, which confirmed their affect on electoral politics in Gujarat.
Some of the seats having excessive focus of Patidar voters in Saurashtra area are Morbi, Tankara, Gondal, Dhoraji, Amreli, Savarkundla, Jetpur, Rajkot East, Rajkot West and Rajkot South.
While Vijapur, Visnagar, Mehsana and Unjha seats in north Gujarat have appreciable variety of Patidar voters, no less than 5 seats of Ahmedabad metropolis – Ghatlodia, Sabarmati, Maninagar, Nikol and Naroda – are additionally thought-about Patel-dominated segments.
In south Gujarat, a number of seats in Surat district are thought-about Patidar bastion, together with Varachha, Kamrej, Katargam and Surat North.
For the 2022 polls, the BJP had given tickets to 41 Patidars, yet one more than the Congress’s tally. The AAP had additionally given tickets to a big variety of members from the group.
To maintain the group joyful, the saffron outfit had additionally declared that Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will probably be retained on the put up after the elections.
Ahead of the polls, the Jamnagar-based Sidsar Umiyadham Trust, which represents the Kadva Patidar sect, had demanded that the BJP area no less than 50 Patidar candidates.
AHMEDABAD: The Patidar group, a bit of which had voted in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) within the 2017 Assembly polls held within the backdrop of the quota agitation in Gujarat, returned to the ruling outfit within the 2022 elections, serving to it win a lot of the seats dominated by the influential social group.
The BJP has performed extraordinarily effectively within the Patidar-dominated constituencies of the state, successful virtually each seat that has vital Patel inhabitants.
Polling for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly occurred on December 1 and 5, and votes have been counted on December 8.
In the Saurashtra area, the Congress had gained Patidar-dominated seats of Morbi, Tankara, Dhoraji and Amreli, amongst others in 2017. However, all these Assembly segments this time went within the BJP’s kitty.
In Patidar-dominated Surat, the place the AAP was banking on the group to bag a couple of seats, the social group by and huge backed the ruling occasion. The saffron outfit gained Patidar seats of Varachha Road, Katargam and Olpad with big margins.
In North Gujarat, the Congress had gained Patidar-dominated Unjha seat 5 12 months in the past, however this time it was wrested by the BJP. The BJP, forward of the 2022 elections, reached out to the Patel group.
The occasion changed its Chief Minister Vijay Rupani with incumbent Bhupendra Patel in September 2021.
The ruling outfit introduced in Patidar quota agitation chief Hardik Patel to its fold from the Congress and fielded him from the Viramgam Assembly seat from the place he gained by a good-looking margin.
ALSO READ| Gujarat: Clinching Viramgam seat in ballot debut is not any cakewalk for Patidar face Hardik Patel
The largest transfer of the BJP on the state and central degree which placated the group was giving 10 per cent quota in jobs and schooling to the poor (economically weaker sections or EWS) amongst “upper castes”.
The 2017 polls have been fought within the shadow of Hardik Patel-led quota agitation launched to safe OBC standing for the group. In the 2017 elections, regardless of setting an bold goal of successful 150 out of the 182 seats, the BJP bagged simply 99 seats.
Thanks to the Patidar quota agitation and whirlwind marketing campaign by Hardik Patel in opposition to the BJP, the opposition Congress had then emerged victorious on 77 seats.
As per group’s estimate, there are almost 40 seats in Gujarat the place Patidar voters play a decisive function. These seats are scattered throughout rural in addition to city landscapes of the state.
Though Patels account for almost 18 per cent of Gujarat’s inhabitants, 44 Patidar MLAs have been elected in 2017, which confirmed their affect on electoral politics in Gujarat.
Some of the seats having excessive focus of Patidar voters in Saurashtra area are Morbi, Tankara, Gondal, Dhoraji, Amreli, Savarkundla, Jetpur, Rajkot East, Rajkot West and Rajkot South.
While Vijapur, Visnagar, Mehsana and Unjha seats in north Gujarat have appreciable variety of Patidar voters, no less than 5 seats of Ahmedabad metropolis – Ghatlodia, Sabarmati, Maninagar, Nikol and Naroda – are additionally thought-about Patel-dominated segments.
In south Gujarat, a number of seats in Surat district are thought-about Patidar bastion, together with Varachha, Kamrej, Katargam and Surat North.
For the 2022 polls, the BJP had given tickets to 41 Patidars, yet one more than the Congress’s tally. The AAP had additionally given tickets to a big variety of members from the group.
To maintain the group joyful, the saffron outfit had additionally declared that Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will probably be retained on the put up after the elections.
Ahead of the polls, the Jamnagar-based Sidsar Umiyadham Trust, which represents the Kadva Patidar sect, had demanded that the BJP area no less than 50 Patidar candidates.