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#GujaratAssemblyPolls : Confident BJP Releases It’s First List Of 160 Candidates For the Two-Phase Polls

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Keen to return to power in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a confident BJP has released t its first list of 160 candidates for the two-phase elections to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly.

The announcement was made by Union ministers Bhupender Yadav and Mansukh Mandaviya who were joined by Gujarat BJP president C R Patil at a press conference.

The party named its candidates for 84 of the 89 seats which will go to the polls in the first phase on December 1 and 76 of 93 candidates going to the polls in the second phase on December 5.

Incumbent Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to contest the elections from Ghatlodiya constituency. Congress turned BJP leader Hardik Patel to contest elections from Viramgam constituency.

Interestingly , Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife , Rivaba Jadeja to contest from Jamnagar North constituency.

Bhupender Yadav said the list includes 69 sitting MLAs, indicating that a large number of incumbent legislators has been dropped. The list includes 14 women, and 13 and 24 members from the Schedules Castes and Schedules Tribes respectively.
 He said a number of senior leaders from the state, including former chief minister Vijay Rupani and former deputy chief minister Nitin Patel, have opted out of the contest and had written to the party leadership to this effect.
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