Gujarat Election HIGHLIGHTS: Ahmedabad Administration Readies Evac Plan Ahead Of PM Modi's Ballot
Gujarat Election 2022 News Live: The first phase to elect 182 members of the 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly concluded on December 1 and polling for the second phase will take place on December 5.
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Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022:
The legislative assembly election is scheduled to be held in Gujarat on December 1 and 5 in two phases, to elect 182 members of the 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on December 8.
The Congress on Sunday released two lists of 39 candidates for the Gujarat Assembly elections, fielding Jignesh Mevani from the Vadgam constituency.
The party first released its fifth list with six candidates including Manhar Patel from Botad in place of Ramesh Mer. Later in the evening, it released a list of 33 candidates, taking the total number of candidates declared so far to 142.
The candidates named in the fifth list were Jayanti Jerajbhai Patel from Morbi, Jivan Kumbharvadiya from Jamnagar Rural, Chhattarsinh Gunjariya from Dhrangadhra, Mansukhbhai Kalariya from Rajkot West and Divyesh Chavda from Gariadhar.
In the sixth list of 33 candidates, the candidates fielded by the Congress included Mevani from Vadgam (SC) seat, Thakor Mohansinh from Mansa, Baldevji Thakor from Kalol, Imran Khedawala from Jamalpur-Khadia, Amit Chavda from Anklav and Bal Kishen Patel from Dabhoi.
The Congress had on November 4 released its first list, announcing the names of 43 candidates for the elections.
On November 10, the party came out with another list of 46 names. It released a list of seven candidates on Friday but one was a replacement for an earlier-announced candidate. The fourth list of nine candidates was released on Saturday.
The Congress is seeking to oust the BJP from power in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi where the saffron party has been in power for more than two decades.
Cops On High Alert As Gujarat Gears Up For Second Phase Of Polls
10,000 police personnel, 6000 home guards, 112 companies of central forces, 15 companies of SRP deployed. Area domination, route march, and flag march taking place in sensitive areas, and paramilitary forces are also deployed in such areas. Efforts are underway to catch absconding criminals. CCTV cameras, body cameras and drones used for keeping surveillance: Komal Vyas, DCP.
'Are there no men left?': Ahmedabad Jama Masjid Shahi Imam On Women Candidates
Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad, has said: "Those who give election tickets to Muslim women are against Islam, weakening the religion. Are there no men left?"
#WATCH | Those who give election tickets to Muslim women are against Islam, weakening the religion. Are there no men left?: Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad#Gujarat pic.twitter.com/5RpYLG7gqW
— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2022
Kejriwal, Owaisi Are B&C Team Of BJP: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday took a swipe at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal alleging that he and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi are the "B and C teams" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). "Asaduddin Owaisi and Arvind Kejriwal are the B and C team of BJP," Baghel said while speaking to ANI. He further took on the AAP chief and said that the people of Himachal Pradesh, where Assembly elections were recently held, have "rejected" Kejriwal.
"The people of Himachal rejected Arvind Kejriwal, then he reached Gujarat, the people of Gujarat also rejected Arvind Kejriwal, now he is in Delhi's MCD elections, clearly Arvind Kejriwal and Owaisi Working as B and C team of Bharatiya Janata Party," he said. Baghel exuded confidence in Congress performing well in the Gujarat Assembly elections, where the second phase of voting will be held tomorrow, Baghel said that the people will vote on the issues of unemployment and inflation.
"One phase of polling has been done in Gujarat. The second phase is going to be held. The people of Gujarat are troubled by unemployment and inflation. So the general public will vote on their issues and Congress will do well," he said.
"There are good signs for Congress from Himachal and we have full confidence that the people of Himachal have voted for Congress and in the results of December 8, Congress government will be formed in Himachal," Baghel added.
Ahmedabad Administration Readies Evac Plan Ahead Of PM Modi's Ballot
Fire officers will be on standby and an emergency evacuation plan has been prepared for PM Narendra Modi ahead of the second phase of Gujarat assembly polls. PM Modi will cast his vote in the Gujarat Assembly polls tomorrow at Ranip polling booth. Aniruddh Gadhvi, Chief Fire Officer, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said: "An alternative route has been planned for traffic movement in Ahmedabad.
'She's Still Fighting For Justice': Owaisi Gets Emotional Over Bilkis Bano Case On Gujarat Visit
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday got emotional talking about Bilkis Bano while campaigning in Gujarat's Jamalpur. Speaking to ANI, he said that he got emotional as thoughts of his own sisters and daughters crossed his mind while he was talking about Bilkis.
"We are humans after and are prone to get emotional. While I was talking about Bilkis Bano, throughts of my own sister and daughter crossed to my mind. She was pregnant when she was raped and her mother and daughter were also killed. However, even after 20 years, she is still fighting for justice. If someone doesn't feel the pain, he is not worthy of being called human," he said.
On why the 2002 post-Godhra riots and the Bilkis Bano case are getting traction in the campaign phases of the ongoing Assembly elections, Owaisi said, "The BJP will never forget 2002. PM Modi was the chief minister at the time. He failed to save Bilkis Bano, Ehsaan Jafri, and those killed in the bakery. Around 50,000 people in the state were forced to become refugees. I, too, went there with a medical team. So, if PM Modi is invoking all that had happened then, congratulations to him," he said.
Talking about his party's prospects in the polls, the AIMIM chief said, "We are fighting for 13 seats in Vidhan Sabha and our focus is on winning them. We have worked very hard, visited every locality and have got a great response from the public. I hope that this support turns into votes and our candidates become MLAs."
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