Gujarat Assembly election results have started pouring in, with early trends favoring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Gujarat has been a stronghold of the BJP for decades. The BJP is seeking his sixth term in office. The current chief minister of the state, Bhupendra Patel, who is contesting from Ghatlodia constituency, will try to improve the party’s standing from the 2017 assembly elections. Bhupendra Patel replaced Vijay Rupani as chief minister in September 2021, a move that surprised many. He has become MLA for the first time from Ghatlodia constituency. He has been nominated again from the same seat.
The Gujarat 2022 assembly elections went into a triangular contest for the first time after Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also decided to contest the assembly elections.
After the BJP decided to replace Vijay Rupani last year and appointed Bhupendra Pate as the chief minister of Gujarat, his task will be cut short to see that the BJP continues its winning streak in Gujarat.
Last month, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said that Bhupendra Patel would continue as the chief minister of Gujarat if the BJP wins a majority in the assembly elections.
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Amit Shah’s statement makes it clear that Patel is the chief ministerial candidate of the BJP, which is in power for a seventh consecutive term in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah. “If BJP gets majority in Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel will be the next chief minister,” Shah told CNN-News18 here.
Prior to the assembly elections in Gujarat, prominent BJP leaders such as former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and senior party leader Bhupendrasinh Chudasama have said that they will not contest the elections. Former Deputy Chief Minister of the state Nitin Patel will also not contest the election.
Rupani, who was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021, said he has conveyed to the party leadership that he will not contest the elections.
“I worked as chief minister for five years with everyone’s cooperation. New workers should be given responsibility in these elections. I will not contest, I sent letters to seniors and conveyed to Delhi. We will work to make ” The chosen candidate wins,” he said.
Chudasama said he has contested elections for nine consecutive terms and others should get a chance.
“I will not contest the assembly polls, have conveyed this to senior party leaders. I have decided that other workers should get a chance. I have contested elections nine times so far. I express my gratitude to the party,” he said. ,
The BJP held its Central Election Committee meeting at the BJP headquarters to finalize its candidates for the Gujarat elections.
Congress is trying to oust BJP, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is also trying to make a strong showing in the elections.
*With inputs from agencies
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