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  • Four candidates who misplaced Gujarat polls transfer High Court, search assessment of outcomes

    Express News Service

    AHMEDABAD: Four candidates who misplaced the 2022 Assembly election approached the Gujarat High Court in search of to assessment the outcomes.

    The petitioners had been two candidates of the Gujarat Congress Lalit Kagthra and Raghu Desai and two candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Harshad Ribdia and Hitesh Vasava.

    The petition was filed beneath the Representation of the People Act, of 1951. The outcomes of the Gujarat meeting elections had been declared in December 2022. 

    In a dialog with The New Indian Express, Lalit Kagathara, the Congress candidate who misplaced the Tankara seat, mentioned, “At the time of the election, there were several errors in the affidavit of the BJP candidate Durabh Vekaria. I had brought this to the notice of the Returning Officer (RO) at that time. But the RO declined to look into my complaint properly.”

    “There were many errors in Durhabbhai’s form; I pointed out to the RO that the BJP candidate had left blank more than 13 columns in his form which required answers and had given some wrong information. He gave his educational qualification as SSC without mentioning the year in which he passed which is mandatory,” mentioned Lalit.

    “Apart from this, he has not given the checking account particulars. He did not disclose his earnings tax returns; he did not give correct particulars concerning the immovable property as nicely,” he added.

    BJP’s Visavdar candidate Harshad Ribdia has submitted in his utility that the profitable Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Bhupendra Bhayani has not talked about the main points of instances registered towards him about corruption and fraud in his affidavit, in addition to this, he has additionally hidden the main points of his sons proudly owning factories.

    Congress candidate Raghu Desai mentioned in his utility that after the voting we now have been given a certificates of 58% voting however at 10 pm the election officer declared 64% voting.

    In the petition, the petitioners have made the Election Commission and Returning Officer, a celebration. 

    AHMEDABAD: Four candidates who misplaced the 2022 Assembly election approached the Gujarat High Court in search of to assessment the outcomes.

    The petitioners had been two candidates of the Gujarat Congress Lalit Kagthra and Raghu Desai and two candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Harshad Ribdia and Hitesh Vasava.

    The petition was filed beneath the Representation of the People Act, of 1951. The outcomes of the Gujarat meeting elections had been declared in December 2022. 

    In a dialog with The New Indian Express, Lalit Kagathara, the Congress candidate who misplaced the Tankara seat, mentioned, “At the time of the election, there were several errors in the affidavit of the BJP candidate Durabh Vekaria. I had brought this to the notice of the Returning Officer (RO) at that time. But the RO declined to look into my complaint properly.”

    “There were many errors in Durhabbhai’s form; I pointed out to the RO that the BJP candidate had left blank more than 13 columns in his form which required answers and had given some wrong information. He gave his educational qualification as SSC without mentioning the year in which he passed which is mandatory,” mentioned Lalit.

    “Apart from this, he has not given the checking account particulars. He did not disclose his earnings tax returns; he did not give correct particulars concerning the immovable property as nicely,” he added.

    BJP’s Visavdar candidate Harshad Ribdia has submitted in his utility that the profitable Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Bhupendra Bhayani has not talked about the main points of instances registered towards him about corruption and fraud in his affidavit, in addition to this, he has additionally hidden the main points of his sons proudly owning factories.

    Congress candidate Raghu Desai mentioned in his utility that after the voting we now have been given a certificates of 58% voting however at 10 pm the election officer declared 64% voting.

    In the petition, the petitioners have made the Election Commission and Returning Officer, a celebration. 

  • 3 Independent  MLAs to again BJP in Gujarat House session

    Express News Service

    AHMEDABAD:  Three insurgent Bharatiya Janata Party leaders elected as Independent MLAs within the just lately concluded Gujarat Assembly elections have prolonged their assist to the BJP. 

    Ahead of the primary session of the newly-formed fifteenth Legislative Assembly in Gandhinagar, three MLAs – Dhavalsinh Zala, Dharmendra Sinh Vaghela, and Mavji Desai introduced their assist to the ruling BJP within the state.

    On Tuesday, the MLAs handed over the letter of assist to the BJP to Governor Acharya Devvrat. While speaking to the media, Dhaval Jhala stated, “We three initially belonged to BJP and now we have prolonged our assist to the BJP authorities with emotion.

    I’m impressed by the public-oriented works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, now we have given our assist letter to the governor.” Dhavalsinh Zala contested from Bayad, Dharmendra Sinh Vaghela from Vaghodia, and Mavji Desai from Dhanera.

    AHMEDABAD:  Three insurgent Bharatiya Janata Party leaders elected as Independent MLAs within the just lately concluded Gujarat Assembly elections have prolonged their assist to the BJP. 

    Ahead of the primary session of the newly-formed fifteenth Legislative Assembly in Gandhinagar, three MLAs – Dhavalsinh Zala, Dharmendra Sinh Vaghela, and Mavji Desai introduced their assist to the ruling BJP within the state.

    On Tuesday, the MLAs handed over the letter of assist to the BJP to Governor Acharya Devvrat. While speaking to the media, Dhaval Jhala stated, “We three initially belonged to BJP and now we have prolonged our assist to the BJP authorities with emotion.

    I’m impressed by the public-oriented works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, now we have given our assist letter to the governor.” Dhavalsinh Zala contested from Bayad, Dharmendra Sinh Vaghela from Vaghodia, and Mavji Desai from Dhanera.

  • BJP secured over 52 % of votes in comparison with 2017, loses 14 seats in Saurashtra, Central, North Gujarat

    Express News Service

    AHMEDABAD: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is creating historical past by profitable 156 seats in Gujarat meeting elections, in addition to BJP profitable 52.50% of the vote share. This has formally and by no means occurred earlier than within the historical past of Gujarat, the place the proportion of people that voted for BJP was better than 50%.

    But in 37 seats in Gujarat itself, the BJP candidates obtained fewer votes than final yr. Of these seats, the Congress celebration received 9 and AAP received two. Three have been awarded to “others.” The BJP has suffered defeats in 14 of those 37 seats during which the constituencies included Dhanera, Bayad, Khedbrahma, Vav, Lunawada, Khambhat, Kankeraj, Danilimda, Botad, Kutiana, Somnath, Jamalpur Khadia, Jamjodhpur, Vijapur, and so forth.

    Out of those 37 seats, there are 19 seats during which Aam Aadmi Party candidates have misplaced their deposits. While in 11 seats BJP has confronted defeat by greater than ten thousand votes, the BJP has been defeated by 25,064 votes within the necessary Dhari meeting seat in Saurashtra.

    BJP candidate on the Dhanera seat of North Gujarat bought 60,357 votes, Congress bought 38,260 votes, whereas Aam Aadmi Party bought solely 1130 votes and the victorious impartial candidate bought 96,053 votes.

    Importantly, this time NOTA has performed an necessary position in defeating BJP candidates on greater than three seats. BJP candidate Ashwin Kotwal has misplaced 1664 votes from the Khedbrahma seat reserved for tribals in North Gujarat, the place 7331 votes have been forged in NOTA.

    While BJP candidate Mansingh Parmar has misplaced on Somnath seat of Saurashtra by solely 922 votes, 1530 votes have been forged in NOTA. Meanwhile, in North Gujarat, senior BJP chief Dilip Thakore has additionally confronted defeat on account of NOTA. Dilip Thakor has misplaced the Chansma seat by 1404 votes whereas 3811 votes have been forged in NOTA right here.

    Talking about this district, the best variety of NOTA votes was forged in Ahmedabad district with 49,568 votes whereas the bottom was forged in Dang district with 1910 votes.

    According to political analysts, the polling this time was decrease than in 2017, which has affected the votes obtained by the events. Data someplace exhibits that low voter turnout has benefited the BJP and the opposite events have misplaced extra.

    A complete of three.13 crore voters voted within the Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections, out of which 1.67 crore voted for the BJP, which is a median of 52.50 %.

    For Graphic: BJP misplaced 14 meeting seats:

    North Gujarat:

    1.        Dhanera,
    2.        Bayad,
    3.        KhedBrahma,
    4.        Vav,
    5.        Kankeraj,
    6.        Vijapur,

    Central Gujarat:
    1.        Lunawada,
    2.        Khambhat,
    3.        Danilimda,
    4.        Jamalpur Khadia,

    Saurashtra:
    1.        Botad,
    2.        Kutiana,
    3.        Somnath,
    4.        Jamjodhpur

    AHMEDABAD: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is creating historical past by profitable 156 seats in Gujarat meeting elections, in addition to BJP profitable 52.50% of the vote share. This has formally and by no means occurred earlier than within the historical past of Gujarat, the place the proportion of people that voted for BJP was better than 50%.

    But in 37 seats in Gujarat itself, the BJP candidates obtained fewer votes than final yr. Of these seats, the Congress celebration received 9 and AAP received two. Three have been awarded to “others.” The BJP has suffered defeats in 14 of those 37 seats during which the constituencies included Dhanera, Bayad, Khedbrahma, Vav, Lunawada, Khambhat, Kankeraj, Danilimda, Botad, Kutiana, Somnath, Jamalpur Khadia, Jamjodhpur, Vijapur, and so forth.

    Out of those 37 seats, there are 19 seats during which Aam Aadmi Party candidates have misplaced their deposits. While in 11 seats BJP has confronted defeat by greater than ten thousand votes, the BJP has been defeated by 25,064 votes within the necessary Dhari meeting seat in Saurashtra.

    BJP candidate on the Dhanera seat of North Gujarat bought 60,357 votes, Congress bought 38,260 votes, whereas Aam Aadmi Party bought solely 1130 votes and the victorious impartial candidate bought 96,053 votes.

    Importantly, this time NOTA has performed an necessary position in defeating BJP candidates on greater than three seats. BJP candidate Ashwin Kotwal has misplaced 1664 votes from the Khedbrahma seat reserved for tribals in North Gujarat, the place 7331 votes have been forged in NOTA.

    While BJP candidate Mansingh Parmar has misplaced on Somnath seat of Saurashtra by solely 922 votes, 1530 votes have been forged in NOTA. Meanwhile, in North Gujarat, senior BJP chief Dilip Thakore has additionally confronted defeat on account of NOTA. Dilip Thakor has misplaced the Chansma seat by 1404 votes whereas 3811 votes have been forged in NOTA right here.

    Talking about this district, the best variety of NOTA votes was forged in Ahmedabad district with 49,568 votes whereas the bottom was forged in Dang district with 1910 votes.

    According to political analysts, the polling this time was decrease than in 2017, which has affected the votes obtained by the events. Data someplace exhibits that low voter turnout has benefited the BJP and the opposite events have misplaced extra.

    A complete of three.13 crore voters voted within the Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections, out of which 1.67 crore voted for the BJP, which is a median of 52.50 %.

    For Graphic: BJP misplaced 14 meeting seats:

    North Gujarat:

    1.        Dhanera,
    2.        Bayad,
    3.        KhedBrahma,
    4.        Vav,
    5.        Kankeraj,
    6.        Vijapur,

    Central Gujarat:
    1.        Lunawada,
    2.        Khambhat,
    3.        Danilimda,
    4.        Jamalpur Khadia,

    Saurashtra:
    1.        Botad,
    2.        Kutiana,
    3.        Somnath,
    4.        Jamjodhpur

  • Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel to proceed as CM for second time period; elected chief of BJP legislative social gathering

    By PTI

    GANDHINAGAR: Bhupendra Patel will proceed because the chief minister of Gujarat for a second straight time period with the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs electing him because the chief of the legislative social gathering throughout a gathering right here on Saturday.

    Patel’s title was declared because the chief of the legislative social gathering unanimously on the assembly held on the social gathering’s state headquarters ‘Kamalam.’

    “The newly-elected MLAs met today at ‘Kamalam,’ where the proposal to name Bhupendra Patel as the chief minister of Gujarat was unanimously approved,” the BJP mentioned in a press release.

    Patel, 60, had resigned because the chief minister alongside along with his total cabinet on Friday to pave the best way for the formation of a brand new authorities within the state after the BJP registered a landslide victory within the simply concluded Assembly elections.

    Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, B S Yediyurappa and Arjun Munda have been current for the assembly because the social gathering’s central observers.

    Patel gained a second straight time period from the Ghatlodia Assembly seat within the Ahmedabad district by 1.92 lakh votes on this yr’s election.

    In September final yr, he changed Vijay Rupani because the chief minister.

    The BJP registered a historic victory in Gujarat by clinching 156 seats within the 182-member House on Thursday, a lot greater than its tally of 99 seats in 2017.

    The social gathering had already introduced that the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new authorities will happen on December 12, the place Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah can be current together with chief ministers of BJP-ruled states.

    Gujarat BJP chief C R Patil had mentioned that Bhupendra Patel would proceed because the chief minister and the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new authorities will happen on Monday on the Helipad Ground in Gandhinagar.
    ALSO READ | Record win exhibits Gujarat is a Modi citadel, micro-managed by him

    GANDHINAGAR: Bhupendra Patel will proceed because the chief minister of Gujarat for a second straight time period with the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs electing him because the chief of the legislative social gathering throughout a gathering right here on Saturday.

    Patel’s title was declared because the chief of the legislative social gathering unanimously on the assembly held on the social gathering’s state headquarters ‘Kamalam.’

    “The newly-elected MLAs met today at ‘Kamalam,’ where the proposal to name Bhupendra Patel as the chief minister of Gujarat was unanimously approved,” the BJP mentioned in a press release.

    Patel, 60, had resigned because the chief minister alongside along with his total cabinet on Friday to pave the best way for the formation of a brand new authorities within the state after the BJP registered a landslide victory within the simply concluded Assembly elections.

    Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, B S Yediyurappa and Arjun Munda have been current for the assembly because the social gathering’s central observers.

    Patel gained a second straight time period from the Ghatlodia Assembly seat within the Ahmedabad district by 1.92 lakh votes on this yr’s election.

    In September final yr, he changed Vijay Rupani because the chief minister.

    The BJP registered a historic victory in Gujarat by clinching 156 seats within the 182-member House on Thursday, a lot greater than its tally of 99 seats in 2017.

    The social gathering had already introduced that the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new authorities will happen on December 12, the place Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah can be current together with chief ministers of BJP-ruled states.

    Gujarat BJP chief C R Patil had mentioned that Bhupendra Patel would proceed because the chief minister and the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new authorities will happen on Monday on the Helipad Ground in Gandhinagar.ALSO READ | Record win exhibits Gujarat is a Modi citadel, micro-managed by him

  • Congress stated ‘Garibi Hatao’ however poverty really elevated underneath its rule: PM Modi

    Due to the earlier Congress-led authorities's insurance policies, poor residents couldn’t play an lively function within the financial system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated.

  • First part of Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 seats tomorrow: All it’s worthwhile to know

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Voting will likely be held on Thursday for the primary part of Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 seats unfold throughout 19 districts in Saurashtra-Kutch and southern components of the state the place 788 candidates are within the fray. Campaigning for the primary part of the elections within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state ended at 5 pm on Tuesday.

    Voting will likely be held between 8 am and 5 pm on Thursday throughout 14,382 polling stations, the workplace of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) stated in a launch.

    Out of the whole 4,91,35,400 registered voters in Gujarat, 2,39,76,670 are eligible to solid their votes within the first part of the elections.

    These embody 5.74 lakh voters within the age group of 18-19 years, and 4,945 above the age of 99 years, the workplace of the state CEO stated.

    Out of the 89 seats going to polls within the first part, the BJP received 48 within the 2017 election, the Congress had received 40, whereas one seat was bagged by an impartial candidate.

    Who are contesting?

    Apart from the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 36 different political outfits, together with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) have additionally fielded candidates in numerous seats which can go to polls within the first part.

    The BJP and Congress are contesting in all of the 89 seats.
    The new ballot entrant AAP is contesting 88 seats. Its candidate from Surat East constituency had withdrawn his candidature, leaving the social gathering with one much less seat to contest within the first part
    The BSP has fielded 57 candidates, BTP 14 and CPI-M 4 candidates.
    As many as 339 independents are additionally within the fray within the first part of polls.

    Out of the whole 788 candidates, 70 are girls together with 9 fielded by the BJP, six by the Congress and 5 by the AAP.

    ALSO READ | How scrapped undertaking can damage BJP in Gujarat tribal seats

    Who are a number of the distinguished candidates?

    AAP’s chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi is contesting from Khambhalia seat in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Saurashtra area that goes to polls on Thursday.

    AAP state unit president Gopal Italia is contesting from Katargam in Surat.

    Among different distinguished candidates within the first part are Rivaba Jadeja, the spouse of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, who’s contesting from Jamnagar (North), and BJP MLAs Harsh Sanghavi and Purnesh Modi from totally different seats in Surat and five-time MLA Parshottam Solanki from Bhavnagar (Rural).

    Sitting Congress MLAs like Lalit Kagathara, Lalit Vasoya, Rutvik Makwana and Mohammad Javed Pirzada are among the many candidates in fray within the first part from seats in Saurashtra area.

    Seven-time MLA and veteran tribal chief Chhotu Vasava is contesting from Jhagadia in Bharuch.

    ALSO READ | Gujarat elections 2022: Morbi, Porbandar, Anand… listed here are 25 seats to be careful for

    Which are the important thing areas to look out for?

    With 54 seats, the Saurashtra-Kutch area will likely be essential for the Congress because it seeks to raised its efficiency.

    In the area, the Congress received 30 seats in 2017 in comparison with 16 within the 2012 election. The BJP, alternatively, was lowered to 23 seats in 2017 as in opposition to 35 received by it within the earlier election.

    In south Gujarat, the Congress in 2017 bettered its tally to 10 in comparison with six within the earlier polls, whereas the BJPs tally dropped to 25 within the final election from 28 earlier.

    South Gujarat additionally contains Surat metropolis with 12 seats which have remained the BJP’s bastion since a very long time.

    The BJP has this time discovered a challenger within the AAP which has fielded a few of its senior state leaders from Surat and hopes to win seven-eight seats within the metropolis, as declared by its nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal.

    Gujarat AAP’s state president Gopal Italia is the candidate from Katargam, normal secretary Manoj Sorathiya from Karanj and Patidar group chief Alpesh Kathiriya from Varachha Road in Surat.

    ALSO READ | Trust within the KHAP: How caste equations are on the coronary heart of the 2022 Gujarat elections  

    Who had been the campaigners?

    The BJP, Congress and AAP leaders held roadshows and addressed public rallies as a part of their high-pitched marketing campaign within the run-up to the elections.

    The ruling social gathering’s marketing campaign was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states together with Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Pramod Sawant (Goa), and a variety of Union ministers and state leaders.

    For the AAP, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejiwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann had been essentially the most frequent campaigners.

    Apart from them, Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sosidoa and AAP’s Rajya Sabha members Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh additionally campaigned in Gujarat.

    The Congress banked on its native leaders for campaigning aside from Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and social gathering’s nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge, who held some rallies in the previous couple of days earlier than the primary part of elections.

    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi held two rallies within the state this month by taking out time from his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    READ HERE | Bridge collapse to Bilkis Bano convicts’ remission: Top points in Gujarat Assembly elections

    How will the polling course of be carried out?

    Voting will likely be held throughout 14,382 polling stations, of which 3,311 are within the city and 11,071 in rural areas, the ballot physique stated in a launch.

    The election physique has arrange 89 ‘mannequin polling stations’, as many stations run by differently-abled folks, 89 eco-friendly polling stations and 611 run by girls.

    There are additionally 18 polling stations run by the youth, it stated.

    A complete 34,324 poll models, an equal variety of management models, and 38,749 Voter verifiable paper audit path (VVPAT) machines will likely be used for the election within the first part, the discharge stated.

    A complete of two,20,288 educated officers and staff will likely be on responsibility for the graceful conduct of the election course of, it stated.

    In the primary part, 27,978 presiding officers and 78,985 polling officers will likely be on responsibility, it stated.

    ALSO READ | Battleground Gujarat: All eyes on AAP in three-way ballot contest in bipolar state politics

    AHMEDABAD: Voting will likely be held on Thursday for the primary part of Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 seats unfold throughout 19 districts in Saurashtra-Kutch and southern components of the state the place 788 candidates are within the fray. Campaigning for the primary part of the elections within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state ended at 5 pm on Tuesday.

    Voting will likely be held between 8 am and 5 pm on Thursday throughout 14,382 polling stations, the workplace of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) stated in a launch.

    Out of the whole 4,91,35,400 registered voters in Gujarat, 2,39,76,670 are eligible to solid their votes within the first part of the elections.

    These embody 5.74 lakh voters within the age group of 18-19 years, and 4,945 above the age of 99 years, the workplace of the state CEO stated.

    Out of the 89 seats going to polls within the first part, the BJP received 48 within the 2017 election, the Congress had received 40, whereas one seat was bagged by an impartial candidate.

    Who are contesting?

    Apart from the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 36 different political outfits, together with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) have additionally fielded candidates in numerous seats which can go to polls within the first part.

    The BJP and Congress are contesting in all of the 89 seats.
    The new ballot entrant AAP is contesting 88 seats. Its candidate from Surat East constituency had withdrawn his candidature, leaving the social gathering with one much less seat to contest within the first part
    The BSP has fielded 57 candidates, BTP 14 and CPI-M 4 candidates.
    As many as 339 independents are additionally within the fray within the first part of polls.
    Out of the whole 788 candidates, 70 are girls together with 9 fielded by the BJP, six by the Congress and 5 by the AAP.

    ALSO READ | How scrapped undertaking can damage BJP in Gujarat tribal seats

    Who are a number of the distinguished candidates?

    AAP’s chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi is contesting from Khambhalia seat in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Saurashtra area that goes to polls on Thursday.

    AAP state unit president Gopal Italia is contesting from Katargam in Surat.

    Among different distinguished candidates within the first part are Rivaba Jadeja, the spouse of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, who’s contesting from Jamnagar (North), and BJP MLAs Harsh Sanghavi and Purnesh Modi from totally different seats in Surat and five-time MLA Parshottam Solanki from Bhavnagar (Rural).

    Sitting Congress MLAs like Lalit Kagathara, Lalit Vasoya, Rutvik Makwana and Mohammad Javed Pirzada are among the many candidates in fray within the first part from seats in Saurashtra area.

    Seven-time MLA and veteran tribal chief Chhotu Vasava is contesting from Jhagadia in Bharuch.

    ALSO READ | Gujarat elections 2022: Morbi, Porbandar, Anand… listed here are 25 seats to be careful for

    Which are the important thing areas to look out for?

    With 54 seats, the Saurashtra-Kutch area will likely be essential for the Congress because it seeks to raised its efficiency.

    In the area, the Congress received 30 seats in 2017 in comparison with 16 within the 2012 election. The BJP, alternatively, was lowered to 23 seats in 2017 as in opposition to 35 received by it within the earlier election.

    In south Gujarat, the Congress in 2017 bettered its tally to 10 in comparison with six within the earlier polls, whereas the BJPs tally dropped to 25 within the final election from 28 earlier.

    South Gujarat additionally contains Surat metropolis with 12 seats which have remained the BJP’s bastion since a very long time.

    The BJP has this time discovered a challenger within the AAP which has fielded a few of its senior state leaders from Surat and hopes to win seven-eight seats within the metropolis, as declared by its nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal.

    Gujarat AAP’s state president Gopal Italia is the candidate from Katargam, normal secretary Manoj Sorathiya from Karanj and Patidar group chief Alpesh Kathiriya from Varachha Road in Surat.

    ALSO READ | Trust within the KHAP: How caste equations are on the coronary heart of the 2022 Gujarat elections  

    Who had been the campaigners?

    The BJP, Congress and AAP leaders held roadshows and addressed public rallies as a part of their high-pitched marketing campaign within the run-up to the elections.

    The ruling social gathering’s marketing campaign was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states together with Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Pramod Sawant (Goa), and a variety of Union ministers and state leaders.

    For the AAP, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejiwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann had been essentially the most frequent campaigners.

    Apart from them, Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sosidoa and AAP’s Rajya Sabha members Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh additionally campaigned in Gujarat.

    The Congress banked on its native leaders for campaigning aside from Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and social gathering’s nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge, who held some rallies in the previous couple of days earlier than the primary part of elections.

    Congress chief Rahul Gandhi held two rallies within the state this month by taking out time from his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.

    READ HERE | Bridge collapse to Bilkis Bano convicts’ remission: Top points in Gujarat Assembly elections

    How will the polling course of be carried out?

    Voting will likely be held throughout 14,382 polling stations, of which 3,311 are within the city and 11,071 in rural areas, the ballot physique stated in a launch.

    The election physique has arrange 89 ‘mannequin polling stations’, as many stations run by differently-abled folks, 89 eco-friendly polling stations and 611 run by girls.

    There are additionally 18 polling stations run by the youth, it stated.

    A complete 34,324 poll models, an equal variety of management models, and 38,749 Voter verifiable paper audit path (VVPAT) machines will likely be used for the election within the first part, the discharge stated.

    A complete of two,20,288 educated officers and staff will likely be on responsibility for the graceful conduct of the election course of, it stated.

    In the primary part, 27,978 presiding officers and 78,985 polling officers will likely be on responsibility, it stated.

    ALSO READ | Battleground Gujarat: All eyes on AAP in three-way ballot contest in bipolar state politics

  • Guj polls: Punjab CM steps up AAP’s free energy pitch, brings bunch of 25,000 ‘zero’ electrical energy payments

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD:  Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday introduced a bunch of 25,000 “zero” electrical energy payments from his state and added the individuals of Gujarat will get comparable payments if Aam Aadmi Party is voted to energy within the Assembly polls.

    Providing free electrical energy as much as 300 models monthly is without doubt one of the essential election “guarantees” of AAP in Gujarat.

    Voting for 182 Assembly seats will probably be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will probably be taken up on December 8. The campaigning for the primary part ended on Tuesday night.

    Addressing a press convention right here, Mann mentioned the zero electrical energy payments had been acquired by 61 lakh out of the 75 lakh households in Punjab, which is an affidavit of AAP’s dedication that it walks the speak.

    “I have brought 25,000 zero electricity bills with the names and addresses which you can check. To date, there are around 75 lakh electric metres in Punjab. As many as 61 lakh households have received zero electricity bills.”

    “The number of such bills for December will be 67 lakh because of low consumption in winter. The same will increase to 71 lakh in January. We do what we say, and we say what we can do. The same can happen in Gujarat. We have made a promise and will deliver,” he mentioned.

    Mann mentioned the Punjab authorities has arrange 100 mohalla clinics until August 15 and plans to determine greater than 500 extra such clinics by January 26.

    The AAP authorities in Punjab had additionally assured to revert to the outdated pension scheme (OPS) and the notification for a similar has been issued, Mann mentioned.

    “Not just that, our government also stopped the pension to legislatures that saved crores of rupees of public exchequer,” he added.

    Mann was referring to the modification invoice handed in June this yr by the Legislative Assembly placing an finish to a number of pensions to ex-MLAs for each time period served.

    “The government’s work is to collect tax and give it back to the people in the form of free electricity, infrastructure, roads, colleges, and mohalla clinics. We are setting up 16 medical colleges,” he mentioned.

    Mann took potshots on the “so-called Gujarat model”, saying when one goes off the highways within the state, “roads exist in potholes rather than potholes in roads”.

    With all the guarantees introduced by the AAP, the individuals of Gujarat will be capable to save Rs 30,000 from the very first month after the occasion varieties a authorities.

    “6.5 crore people of Gujarat are ready for a change. The situation is the same as what I saw in Punjab (before the elections which AAP had won hands down),” he mentioned.

    Downplaying surveys predicting a sure variety of seats AAP may win in Gujarat, Mann mentioned the occasion “does not figure in surveys but ends up forming a government”. “Surveys are being written by people sitting at home,” he added.

    Mann mentioned AAP’s agenda doesn’t match with the ruling BJP and will probably be unsuitable to name the Kejriwal-led occasion a “B-team” of BJP. “The AAP is the A team of the 130 crore people of the country,” he added.

    AHMEDABAD:  Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday introduced a bunch of 25,000 “zero” electrical energy payments from his state and added the individuals of Gujarat will get comparable payments if Aam Aadmi Party is voted to energy within the Assembly polls.

    Providing free electrical energy as much as 300 models monthly is without doubt one of the essential election “guarantees” of AAP in Gujarat.

    Voting for 182 Assembly seats will probably be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will probably be taken up on December 8. The campaigning for the primary part ended on Tuesday night.

    Addressing a press convention right here, Mann mentioned the zero electrical energy payments had been acquired by 61 lakh out of the 75 lakh households in Punjab, which is an affidavit of AAP’s dedication that it walks the speak.

    “I have brought 25,000 zero electricity bills with the names and addresses which you can check. To date, there are around 75 lakh electric metres in Punjab. As many as 61 lakh households have received zero electricity bills.”

    “The number of such bills for December will be 67 lakh because of low consumption in winter. The same will increase to 71 lakh in January. We do what we say, and we say what we can do. The same can happen in Gujarat. We have made a promise and will deliver,” he mentioned.

    Mann mentioned the Punjab authorities has arrange 100 mohalla clinics until August 15 and plans to determine greater than 500 extra such clinics by January 26.

    The AAP authorities in Punjab had additionally assured to revert to the outdated pension scheme (OPS) and the notification for a similar has been issued, Mann mentioned.

    “Not just that, our government also stopped the pension to legislatures that saved crores of rupees of public exchequer,” he added.

    Mann was referring to the modification invoice handed in June this yr by the Legislative Assembly placing an finish to a number of pensions to ex-MLAs for each time period served.

    “The government’s work is to collect tax and give it back to the people in the form of free electricity, infrastructure, roads, colleges, and mohalla clinics. We are setting up 16 medical colleges,” he mentioned.

    Mann took potshots on the “so-called Gujarat model”, saying when one goes off the highways within the state, “roads exist in potholes rather than potholes in roads”.

    With all the guarantees introduced by the AAP, the individuals of Gujarat will be capable to save Rs 30,000 from the very first month after the occasion varieties a authorities.

    “6.5 crore people of Gujarat are ready for a change. The situation is the same as what I saw in Punjab (before the elections which AAP had won hands down),” he mentioned.

    Downplaying surveys predicting a sure variety of seats AAP may win in Gujarat, Mann mentioned the occasion “does not figure in surveys but ends up forming a government”. “Surveys are being written by people sitting at home,” he added.

    Mann mentioned AAP’s agenda doesn’t match with the ruling BJP and will probably be unsuitable to name the Kejriwal-led occasion a “B-team” of BJP. “The AAP is the A team of the 130 crore people of the country,” he added.

  • Gujarat Assembly polls: 456 ‘crorepati’ candidates in fray; BJP’s Jayanti Patel richest with Rs 661 crore

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: As many as 456, or round 28 per cent, of 1,621 candidates contesting the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections are ‘crorepatis’ who’ve declared belongings price Rs 1 crore or extra, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) mentioned on Monday.

    The BJP tops the checklist with a complete of 154 ‘crorepati’ candidates, adopted by Congress with 142, and AAP has 68.

    The common asset of candidates within the fray is Rs 2.56 crore, the ADR report knowledgeable.

    Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jayanti Patel, contesting from the Mansa seat in Gandhinagar, is the richest candidate with declared belongings of Rs 661 crore, adopted by BJP’s Balvant Rajput of Sidhpur with Rs 372 crore and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Ajitsinh Thakor, who’s contesting from Dabhoi seat, with declared belongings of Rs 342 crore.

    There are 221 ‘crorepatis’ among the many 788 contestants within the fray for the primary part of elections for 89 seats scheduled on December 1.

    The variety of such candidates stands at 245 out of the full 833 contestants within the fray for the 93 seats that may go to polls within the second and ultimate part on December 5, as per the ADR report.

    It mentioned six candidates within the fray have declared “zero” belongings, whereas one other six have mentioned their belongings are price lower than Rs 10,000.

    ALSO READ | How scrapped undertaking can harm BJP in Gujarat tribal seats

    Jayanti Patel, the richest candidate as per the ADR report, additionally has the best legal responsibility at Rs 233 crore.

    In phrases of instructional {qualifications}, 42 candidates have declared themselves to be illiterate, 85 “just literate”, whereas 997 have mentioned they’ve studied between Classes 5-12.449 candidates are graduates.

    Informing in regards to the age profile, the ADR report mentioned two candidates are above the age of 80, 197 are between 61-80 years of age, 861 are between 41-60 and 561 within the 25-40 age group section.

    The report claimed a “close and alarming nexus” between cash and muscle energy harm the rules of free and honest elections, ‘participatory democracy’ in addition to the ‘stage enjoying subject’.

    “The present circumstances, therefore, demand an extensive deliberation by the voters so that the sanctity of elections is not ridiculed by the tenacious entry of tainted candidates and candidates with abnormal multiplication of assets,” it mentioned.

    The ADR mentioned the Election Commission and state ECs ought to make it necessary to show boards exterior the polling cubicles exhibiting a summarised model of candidates’ affidavits in all of the elections.

    The polling cubicles ought to basically show particulars of a candidate’s prison data, belongings and liabilities and training qualification, it mentioned.

    AHMEDABAD: As many as 456, or round 28 per cent, of 1,621 candidates contesting the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections are ‘crorepatis’ who’ve declared belongings price Rs 1 crore or extra, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) mentioned on Monday.

    The BJP tops the checklist with a complete of 154 ‘crorepati’ candidates, adopted by Congress with 142, and AAP has 68.

    The common asset of candidates within the fray is Rs 2.56 crore, the ADR report knowledgeable.

    Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jayanti Patel, contesting from the Mansa seat in Gandhinagar, is the richest candidate with declared belongings of Rs 661 crore, adopted by BJP’s Balvant Rajput of Sidhpur with Rs 372 crore and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Ajitsinh Thakor, who’s contesting from Dabhoi seat, with declared belongings of Rs 342 crore.

    There are 221 ‘crorepatis’ among the many 788 contestants within the fray for the primary part of elections for 89 seats scheduled on December 1.

    The variety of such candidates stands at 245 out of the full 833 contestants within the fray for the 93 seats that may go to polls within the second and ultimate part on December 5, as per the ADR report.

    It mentioned six candidates within the fray have declared “zero” belongings, whereas one other six have mentioned their belongings are price lower than Rs 10,000.

    ALSO READ | How scrapped undertaking can harm BJP in Gujarat tribal seats

    Jayanti Patel, the richest candidate as per the ADR report, additionally has the best legal responsibility at Rs 233 crore.

    In phrases of instructional {qualifications}, 42 candidates have declared themselves to be illiterate, 85 “just literate”, whereas 997 have mentioned they’ve studied between Classes 5-12.449 candidates are graduates.

    Informing in regards to the age profile, the ADR report mentioned two candidates are above the age of 80, 197 are between 61-80 years of age, 861 are between 41-60 and 561 within the 25-40 age group section.

    The report claimed a “close and alarming nexus” between cash and muscle energy harm the rules of free and honest elections, ‘participatory democracy’ in addition to the ‘stage enjoying subject’.

    “The present circumstances, therefore, demand an extensive deliberation by the voters so that the sanctity of elections is not ridiculed by the tenacious entry of tainted candidates and candidates with abnormal multiplication of assets,” it mentioned.

    The ADR mentioned the Election Commission and state ECs ought to make it necessary to show boards exterior the polling cubicles exhibiting a summarised model of candidates’ affidavits in all of the elections.

    The polling cubicles ought to basically show particulars of a candidate’s prison data, belongings and liabilities and training qualification, it mentioned.

  • Congress does not respect tribals, did not help Murmu in presidential polls: PM Modi in Gujarat

    By PTI

    NETRANG: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of getting no respect for the tribal neighborhood within the nation, and mentioned it even opposed the candidature of Droupadi Murmu within the presidential election held earlier this 12 months.

    Addressing a public rally at Netrang, a tribal space of Bharuch district in poll-bound Gujarat, Modi additionally mentioned that all the world was amazed at how India has come out of such an enormous pandemic of COVID-19 in such a brief span.

    “Congress has no respect for tribals in the country…We decided to make our tribal daughter (Droupadi Murmu) the president of the country. We went to Congress with folded hands to accept her (support her candidature), but they opposed. We put all our might and made the tribal daughter win the election,” Modi mentioned.

    “Be it, Birsa Munda or Govind Guru, the Congress did not give respect to tribal leaders of the country,” he additional alleged.
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    The PM mentioned the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in an enormous nation like India was terrifying.

    “The whole world faced such a terrifying pandemic. If someone gets sick at our home, we take four to five years to come out of it (financial effect). We faced the pandemic in such a big country. But the way we came out of it, the entire world is amazed. They are not able to understand how it happened,” Modi mentioned.

    “Factories got closed; people had to go back to their villages. In such circumstances, our first concern was there should be enough food for poor people; a child of a poor should not go to sleep without food. So we have been providing free ration to 80 crore people for the last three years,” he mentioned.

    “Secondly, to fight the pandemic, vaccination was crucial. Even now, many countries are struggling to vaccinate their entire population. We have given more than 200 crore doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine. After two doses, we provided a booster dose also free,” Modi mentioned.

    The prime minister mentioned that the Digital India marketing campaign has caused a revolution within the nation.

    If the Congress was in energy, your cell invoice may have been round Rs 4,000 to five,000 monthly, which is minimal now. “We made data affordable,” he mentioned.

    Speaking on the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), he mentioned that previously, specs of homes constructed below authorities schemes had been set by the individuals sitting in Gandhinagar or Delhi.

    “But we changed the rules. How can a person sitting in Delhi know what is the requirement of a tribal person who is in poultry farming? We said that you should trust our people as nobody will build an inferior quality home for themselves,” the prime minister mentioned.

    NETRANG: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of getting no respect for the tribal neighborhood within the nation, and mentioned it even opposed the candidature of Droupadi Murmu within the presidential election held earlier this 12 months.

    Addressing a public rally at Netrang, a tribal space of Bharuch district in poll-bound Gujarat, Modi additionally mentioned that all the world was amazed at how India has come out of such an enormous pandemic of COVID-19 in such a brief span.

    “Congress has no respect for tribals in the country…We decided to make our tribal daughter (Droupadi Murmu) the president of the country. We went to Congress with folded hands to accept her (support her candidature), but they opposed. We put all our might and made the tribal daughter win the election,” Modi mentioned.

    “Be it, Birsa Munda or Govind Guru, the Congress did not give respect to tribal leaders of the country,” he additional alleged.ALSO READ | Congress gave you MGNREGA, scholarships; BJP took away your land: Rahul to tribals in Gujarat

    The PM mentioned the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in an enormous nation like India was terrifying.

    “The whole world faced such a terrifying pandemic. If someone gets sick at our home, we take four to five years to come out of it (financial effect). We faced the pandemic in such a big country. But the way we came out of it, the entire world is amazed. They are not able to understand how it happened,” Modi mentioned.

    “Factories got closed; people had to go back to their villages. In such circumstances, our first concern was there should be enough food for poor people; a child of a poor should not go to sleep without food. So we have been providing free ration to 80 crore people for the last three years,” he mentioned.

    “Secondly, to fight the pandemic, vaccination was crucial. Even now, many countries are struggling to vaccinate their entire population. We have given more than 200 crore doses of anti-coronavirus vaccine. After two doses, we provided a booster dose also free,” Modi mentioned.

    The prime minister mentioned that the Digital India marketing campaign has caused a revolution within the nation.

    If the Congress was in energy, your cell invoice may have been round Rs 4,000 to five,000 monthly, which is minimal now. “We made data affordable,” he mentioned.

    Speaking on the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), he mentioned that previously, specs of homes constructed below authorities schemes had been set by the individuals sitting in Gandhinagar or Delhi.

    “But we changed the rules. How can a person sitting in Delhi know what is the requirement of a tribal person who is in poultry farming? We said that you should trust our people as nobody will build an inferior quality home for themselves,” the prime minister mentioned.

  • Gujarat polls: Battle of Jadejas options cricketer brother, sister bat for various events

    By PTI

    JAMNAGAR: Hours earlier than cricketer Ravindra Jadeja travelled via the town’s market in an open SUV as a part of a BJP roadshow, his sister Naynaba Jadeja sought votes for the Congress, reminding voters of worth rise beneath the ruling occasion and its “unfulfilled” employment guarantees.

    While the well-known cricketer campaigned for his spouse Rivaba Jadeja, his elder sister canvassed for Bipendrasinh Jadeja, highlighting the “sibling rivalry” that has added one other layer of curiosity within the ballot after the BJP dropped its sitting MLA Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, domestically higher often known as Hakubha.

    A contender for the Congress ticket from the Jamnagar North seat, Naynaba has emerged as a key campaigner for her occasion after the BJP selected her well-known brother’s spouse as its candidate.

    She is commonly the main target of media queries whereas the Congress candidate, a seasoned organisation man and businessman, performs a supporting position.

    “I have my ideology and have been with a party I admire,” she says, slamming the BJP over the problem of worth rise and claiming that it solely makes guarantees to individuals however by no means fulfils them, be it on employment or training.

    An overwhelmingly city constituency, Jamnagar North could also be seen as extra beneficial to the BJP than the Congress although the opposition occasion’s supporters consider their occasion can spring a shock.

    Naynaba argues that because the constituency voted for the primary time in 2012 after being carved out following delimitation, it’s basically a Congress seat because it received for the primary time whereas the BJP grabbed it in 2017 after the incumbent MLA crossed over to the saffron camp.

    Even the successful BJP candidate was a Congressman who received on his enchantment, and our occasion will rating this time, she claims.

    Congress leaders additionally hope to profit from any faultlines inside the BJP attributable to its denial of the ticket to the sitting MLA.

    The AAP has fielded Karsan Karmur, who had stop the BJP to hitch it final yr.

    The state can have two-phase Assembly polls on December 1 and 5, whereas the votes might be counted on December 8.

    It is witnessing a three-cornered battle with the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) within the fray.

    Hakubha, an influential individual, has now been dropped in favour of Riviba Jadeja however the BJP has managed to placate him by making him the occasion’s in-charge for polling in three meeting seats, together with Jamnagar North.

    Rajputs, the group the 2 predominant candidates hail from, and Muslims are among the many largest voting blocs right here.

    Campaigning for Rivaba, BJP employees categorical confidence in her win and declare the curiosity is extra in regards to the margin.

    They additionally dismiss the Congress’ “outsider” cost towards her, arguing that she had been working within the area after becoming a member of the BJP in 2019, months after she and her husband Ravindra Jadeja met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    A level holder in mechanical engineering, she was born and raised in Rajkot whereas her husband is from Jamnagar. Before becoming a member of the BJP, she was in Karni Sena, a Rajput group accused prior to now of vandalism and violence within the promotion of its causes.

    She joined Karni Sena and later the BJP within the spirit of doing one thing good for the society and nation, she has usually mentioned in her public interactions and cites Modi as her inspiration for getting into politics.

    JAMNAGAR: Hours earlier than cricketer Ravindra Jadeja travelled via the town’s market in an open SUV as a part of a BJP roadshow, his sister Naynaba Jadeja sought votes for the Congress, reminding voters of worth rise beneath the ruling occasion and its “unfulfilled” employment guarantees.

    While the well-known cricketer campaigned for his spouse Rivaba Jadeja, his elder sister canvassed for Bipendrasinh Jadeja, highlighting the “sibling rivalry” that has added one other layer of curiosity within the ballot after the BJP dropped its sitting MLA Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, domestically higher often known as Hakubha.

    A contender for the Congress ticket from the Jamnagar North seat, Naynaba has emerged as a key campaigner for her occasion after the BJP selected her well-known brother’s spouse as its candidate.

    She is commonly the main target of media queries whereas the Congress candidate, a seasoned organisation man and businessman, performs a supporting position.

    “I have my ideology and have been with a party I admire,” she says, slamming the BJP over the problem of worth rise and claiming that it solely makes guarantees to individuals however by no means fulfils them, be it on employment or training.

    An overwhelmingly city constituency, Jamnagar North could also be seen as extra beneficial to the BJP than the Congress although the opposition occasion’s supporters consider their occasion can spring a shock.

    Naynaba argues that because the constituency voted for the primary time in 2012 after being carved out following delimitation, it’s basically a Congress seat because it received for the primary time whereas the BJP grabbed it in 2017 after the incumbent MLA crossed over to the saffron camp.

    Even the successful BJP candidate was a Congressman who received on his enchantment, and our occasion will rating this time, she claims.

    Congress leaders additionally hope to profit from any faultlines inside the BJP attributable to its denial of the ticket to the sitting MLA.

    The AAP has fielded Karsan Karmur, who had stop the BJP to hitch it final yr.

    The state can have two-phase Assembly polls on December 1 and 5, whereas the votes might be counted on December 8.

    It is witnessing a three-cornered battle with the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) within the fray.

    Hakubha, an influential individual, has now been dropped in favour of Riviba Jadeja however the BJP has managed to placate him by making him the occasion’s in-charge for polling in three meeting seats, together with Jamnagar North.

    Rajputs, the group the 2 predominant candidates hail from, and Muslims are among the many largest voting blocs right here.

    Campaigning for Rivaba, BJP employees categorical confidence in her win and declare the curiosity is extra in regards to the margin.

    They additionally dismiss the Congress’ “outsider” cost towards her, arguing that she had been working within the area after becoming a member of the BJP in 2019, months after she and her husband Ravindra Jadeja met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    A level holder in mechanical engineering, she was born and raised in Rajkot whereas her husband is from Jamnagar. Before becoming a member of the BJP, she was in Karni Sena, a Rajput group accused prior to now of vandalism and violence within the promotion of its causes.

    She joined Karni Sena and later the BJP within the spirit of doing one thing good for the society and nation, she has usually mentioned in her public interactions and cites Modi as her inspiration for getting into politics.