Gujarat Assembly Election: BJP release 1st list today; Vijay Rupani, Nitin Patel won’t contest

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to release its first list of candidates for the Gujarat Assembly elections today, Thursday. The announcement is likely to be made by Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav, and party state president CR Patil in the national capital, according to report. Gujarat Assembly Election: BJP release 1st list today; Vijay Rupani, Nitin Patel won’t contest.

Bharatiya Janata Party top leaders has finalized most of the tickets out of a total of 182 constituencies. The remaining powers have been vested with the party president JP Nadda to take a call on the other seats, Former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, former Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel and senior party leader Bhupendrasinh Chudasama will not be contesting Gujarat Assembly Election 2022.

The declaration has come as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to finalise its candidates for the Gujarat Assembly Election 2022. Vijay Rupani, who was Gujarat’s Chief Minister from 2016 to 2021, said he had conveyed to the party leadership that he will not contest the polls. “I worked as chief minister for five years with everyone’s cooperation.

In these polls, responsibility should be given to new workers. I won’t contest the poll, I sent letter to seniors and conveyed it to Delhi,” Vijay Rupani said. “We’ll work to make the chosen candidate win,” Vijay Rupani said. Bhupendrasinh Chudasama reasoned that he fought elections nine times in a row and others should get the opportunity.

“I will not fight Assembly elections, have expressed it to senior leader of party. I’ve decided other workers should get the opportunity. I’ve fought the elections nine times till now. I express my gratitude to the party,” Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said.

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The BJP held a meeting of its Central Election Committee at BJP headquarters to finalise its candidates for Gujarat polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, party chief JP Nadda, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, state BJP chief CR Patil and members of the Central election committee including BS Yeddyurappa, Devendra Fadnavis and Lal Singh Rajpura were part of the meeting.