Gujarat BJP Candidates List 2022: BJP Fields Morbi Ex-MLA Who Went Viral For Diving Into River After Bridge Collapse

Gujarat Polls: The video of the leader skirting the waters of the Machchu river to rescue people had gone viral soon after the tragic incident that left 135 people dead

Morbi Ex-MLA In The River Rescuing People After Morbi Bridge Collapsed ( Image Source :Twitter )

The BJP has fielded former MLA of Morbi, Kantilal Amrutiya, whose video had gone viral after he dived into the river to save people after the bridge collapsed leaving 135 people dead.

The video of the leader skirting the waters of Machchu river had gone viral soon after the tragic incident. The leader can be seen wearing water tubes and floating in the river looking to rescue people after the bridge collapsed. The leader also posted the viral video on his Twitter account.

મોરબીમાં ઝુલતા પુલની દુર્ઘટના ખુબ જ કમનસીબ છે. હું સ્થળ પર જ છું. સૌને નમ્ર અપીલ કે આ દુઃખની ઘડીમાં આપણે સૌ સાથે મળી શક્ય તેટલા લોકોને મદદરૂપ થઈએ.

નોંધ:જે જગ્યાએ બચાવ કાર્ય ચાલુ છે ત્યા ખોટી ભીડ ના કરીએ જેથી રાહતકાર્યમાં કોઈ અડચણ ના આવે.@narendramodi @AmitShah @Bhupendrapbjp pic.twitter.com/s5HG2ZY0zt

— Kantilal Amrutiya (@Kanti_amrutiya) October 30, 2022

In the video, Kantilal can be moving toward the middle of the river where the bridge had collapsed. Now, the leader will be part of the intense political battle in Gujarat scheduled this year with BJP, Congress, and AAP putting in all their energy to woo the voters. While AAP has announced 139 names so far, Congress released its first list of 43 candidates on Saturday.  

The BJP list announcement came the morning after the party poll panel met under the chairmanship of party chief JP Nadda on November 9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister were among the attendees.

The prominent names announced include Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, former Morbi MLA Kantilal Amrutya, Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba Jadeja, and Hardik Patel.

CM Bhupendra Patel will contest the elections from the Ghatlodiya constituency.

Voting for the 182-member Gujarat legislative assembly will be held in two phases- December 1 and December 5, with results to be announced on December 8.