'Want People To Choose AAP's CM Face For Gujarat Election': Arvind Kejriwal Launches Drive

Kejriwal said that the party is issuing a number and an email id and the people can send their opinions on it until 5 pm on Nov 3.

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday that his party wants the people of Gujarat to choose the next Chief Minister. He said that the party is issuing a number and an email id and the people can send their opinions on it until 5 pm on Nov 3. The result will be announced on  November 4.

“We want the people of Gujarat to tell us who should be the next CM. We're issuing a number and an email id. You can send your opinions on it until 5 pm on 3rd Nov. We'll announce the result on 4th Nov” news agency ANI quoted Arvind Kejriwal as saying in Surat, Gujarat.

While addressing the media, Kejriwal targeted the BJP and said that the party has no agenda on what it will do in the next five years and that people are troubled by the issue of inflation. The AAP convener also questioned why Vijay Rupani was removed as chief minister and when Bhupendra Patel was brought in as his replacement did the BJP ask for the opinion of the state's people.

The dates for the Gujarat Assembly election have not been announced as yet. AAP made its debut in Gujarat in the 2017 Assembly polls, but could not manage to win a single seat. 

AAP in September appointed Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha as the co-incharge (Sah-Prabhari) for the elections. Chadha had previously played important role in enabling AAP to register its victory in Punjab and Delhi. The term of the Gujarat Assembly ends on February 18, 2023. In the 182-seated Gujarat Assembly, there are 111 BJP and 62 Congress MLAs at present.

The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election was held on December 9 and 14 in 2017 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The votes were counted on 18 December. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) obtained a simple majority with an increase in the vote share in the last election. Despite a decrease in the number of seats, the BJP retained its simple majority in the house and formed government for the sixth time.

In the results declared for all the 182-seated Gujarat Assembly, BJP won 99 seats, Congress wins 77, 1 seat was won by NCP while Bhartiya Tribal Party and Independent candidate won 2 and 3 seats respectively. The Gujarat election is due later this year.

(With ANI Inputs)