Gujarat Elections 2022: Amid excessive drama, Aam Aadmi Celebration’s (AAP) candidate Kanchan Jariwala on Wednesday withdrew his nomination from the Surat East meeting seat. He had allegedly gone lacking since final night and surfaced as we speak with safety personnel accompanying him to the workplace of Returning Officer the place he withdrew his nomination.
The AAP, which is making an attempt to broaden its footprint within the western state, claimed that Jariwala was kidnapped by the BJP. The ruling get together, nonetheless, rejected the declare saying it has to “deal with its personal home”.
Earlier as we speak, Delhi Chief Minister in a tweet mentioned: “Our candidate from Surat (East), Kanchan Jariwala, and his household lacking since yesterday. First, BJP tried to get his nomination rejected. However his nomination was accepted. Later, he was being pressurised to withdraw his nomination. Has he been kidnapped?”
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia claimed that the BJP was dropping badly within the meeting election and so was fuming and fretting. In a tweet in Hindi, Sisodia mentioned: “In Gujarat, BJP acquired AAP candidate Kanchan Jariwala kidnapped from Surat East by utilizing goons after which pressured him to withdraw his nomination by utilizing police. In such a state of affairs, what’s the level of the election then?”
AAP MP and Gujarat co-in-charge Raghav Chaddha shared a video saying: “Watch how police and BJP goons collectively – dragged our Surat East candidate Kanchan Jariwala to the RO workplace, forcing him to withdraw his nomination. The time period ‘free and truthful election’ has turn into a joke!”
Who’s Kanchan Jariwala?
Kanchan Jariwala was AAP’s candidate from Surat East, which is presently with the BJP. In 2017, BJP’s Arvind Shantilal Rana received this seat by securing 53.65 per cent votes. This time, the BJP has fielded Arvind Rana whereas the Congress has given a ticket to Aslam Cyclewala.
The AAP is assured of doing higher this time because the get together had received 27 of 120 seats with over 28 per cent votes in its first try within the Surat Municipal Elections held in February 2021. This was the AAP’s finest efficiency within the state civic physique which boosted the morale of the get together leaders within the state and Delhi.
The AAP’s acquire was, nonetheless, on the expense of Congress, which was worn out within the election.
