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  • Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022: EC urges voters to come out in ‘large numbers’ during phase II polls

    Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022: EC urges voters to come out in ‘large numbers’ during phase II polls

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    The Election Commission of India (ECI) appealed to the voters in Gujarat to come out in ‘large numbers’ during phase II of the state’s local assembly elections to ‘compensate’ for low voting in the first phase.

    ECI made this announcement after it observed that, after the conclusion of the Gujarat assembly elections’ phase I, the state witnessed a relatively low average voter turnout of 63.31 per cent in 89 seats. This was lower than the 66.75 per cent recorded in phase I of the 2017 state elections with the same constituencies.

    Sheyphali Sharan, DG Election Commission of India, in a Twitter post, said, “Urban apathy continues unabated from Shimla to Surat. ECI appeals to voters of Gujarat to come out in large numbers during the second phase to compensate for low voting in 1st phase”

    Polling for the first phase in 19 districts of Saurashtra, Kutch and south Gujarat was held on December 1, 2022. The fate of 788 candidates was sealed in Electronic Voting Machines.

    Fourteen constituencies recorded more than 70 per cent voting. Dediapada in Narmada district recorded the highest 82.71 per cent voting, followed by Kaprada in Valsad district which had a turnout of 79.57 per cent. Gandhidham’s seat in the Kutch district recorded the lowest turnout of 47.86 per cent.

    District-wise, the tribal-dominated Narmada district recorded the highest average turnout of 78.24 per cent, followed by Tapi with 76.91 per cent. Navsari district recorded an average 71.06 per cent voting, the EC said.

    Botad district recorded the lowest average voter turnout of 57.58 per cent. Amreli followed closely with 57.59 per cent turnout. Surat district recorded 62.27 per cent voting and Rajkot 60.45 per cent.

    In 2017, the final voter turnout (for both phases of elections) was 68.41 per cent.

    The second phase of 2022 elections for the remaining 93 seats with 833 candidates in the fray will be held on December 5, and votes will be counted on December 8.

    A total of 26,269 ballot units, 25,430 control units and 25,430 VVPATs were used.

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  • Mahesana Election 2022: Former Dy CM Nitin Patel’s turf set for a triangular contest

    Mahesana Election 2022: Former Dy CM Nitin Patel’s turf set for a triangular contest

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    Gujarat’s Mehsana, which is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state and is one of the seven Vidhan Sabha seats, is set for a triangular contest among Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress. Voting will be held in two phases on 182 assembly seats in Gujarat.

    Mehsana Assembly constituency’s polls are widely gaining people’s interest because of several reasons. One of the reasons is the absence of Former Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, whose influence is believed in the Mehsana district. On the other hand, the AAP’s entry could be another reason as it is contesting elections in Gujarat for the first time.

    In Patel’s absence in this election, BJP has given the ticket to Mukesh Patel in his place. On the other hand, Congress has named PK Patel as its candidate and the Aam Aadmi Party has placed its bets on the Patidar face.

    Mehsana district, which is considered to be the centre of socio-economic and political activity of North Gujarat, is also famous because Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s village Badnagar comes in Mehsana district only. There are seven assembly seats in this Mehsana district.

    The BJP, after the 2017 Patidar agitation, had suffered huge losses as Patidars, Thakors, Chaudharys and Patels decide the victory or defeat in the Mehsana district. Moreover, as per past elections, many veteran leaders had been seen trying their luck from the Mehsana assembly seat, the headquarters of the district.

    BJP, which had won the Mehsana assembly seat in 1990, has mostly remained in the possession of the region. Nitin Patel, who was the first Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat, in the 2012 and 2017’s assembly elections won this seat.

    Following Patel’s absence, as per several media reports, many people had opined that BJP may be harmed in Mehsana due to Nitin Patel not contesting the election. Patel, in 2017 had beaten Congress’ Jivabhai Patel.

    Patel’s recusal from the contest, along with former CM Vijay Rupani, has signalled that the BJP in the State wanted to turn the page on the last few years and usher in a new generation of leadership. However, in all such cases, it is easier said than done on the ground therefore when it came to selecting a candidate for Mehsana, Patel’s replacement Mukesh Patel was selected.

    In the Mehsana assembly, around 23 per cent are Patidar voters, 16 per cent Thakor, 6 per cent Muslim, 11 per cent Dalit, 14 per cent in other backward classes (OBC), 4 per cent Kshatriya and 12.9 per cent in other caste people are likely to exercise their rights.

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  • Gujarat Elections 2022: BJP releases manifesto, promises 1 lakh jobs for women, hospitals, world class sports infra

    Gujarat Elections 2022: BJP releases manifesto, promises 1 lakh jobs for women, hospitals, world class sports infra

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    Gujarat elections: Five days before the crucial first phase of Gujarat elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its ‘Sankalp Patra’ or manifesto in Gandhinagar. Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, BJP national president JP Nadda and state party president CR Paatil were present at the party’s manifesto launch. The Gujarat elections will be held in two phases on December 1 and December 5. The counting will be done on December 8.  

    In its manifesto, the ruling party has promised to create 20 lakh jobs for youth in its five-year tenure, especially 1 lakh jobs for women in the state. Besides, it promised to implement Uniform Civil Code, anti-radicalisation cell, and Recovery of Damages of Public and Private Properties Act. 

    Gujarat, which is the home state of PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, is currently a political battlefield as the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are also contesting in the state.  

    Speaking at the launch of manifesto, BJP chief Nadda said Gujarat is the land of change makers and gave reference of PM Modi and his remarkable journey, which he started from Gujarat.  

    “For the progress of Gujarat, we will make Gujarat’s economy equal to that of a 1 trillion economy by making the state a foreign direct investment destination. We will create an anti-radicalisation cell to identify and eliminate potential threats, and sleeper cells of the terrorist organizations and anti-India forces,” the BJP chief said on Saturday. 

     

    Besides these, some important promises in the manifesto are:  

    • Convert 20,000 government schools into Schools of Excellence with a budget of Rs 10,000 crore in the next 5 years. 
    • Ensure that every citizen in Gujarat has a pucca house and ensure 100% implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. 
    • Launch a Family Card Yojana, which will enable every family to avail benefits of all State Government-run welfare schemes. 
    • Establish 4 Gujarat Institute of Technology (GIT) on the lines of IITs as Centres of Excellence in the areas of Green Energy, Semiconductors, fintech, and Aerospace. 
    • Investments of Rs 10,000 crore under Gujarat Krishi Infrastructure Kosh to develop a holistic system of Khedut Mandis, modern APMCs, sorting and grading units, cold chains, warehouses, primary processing centres, etc. 
    • Invest Rs 1,000 crore to renovate, expand and promote temples, following the successful transformation model of Somnath, Ambaji and Pavagadh. 
    • Double the annual cap under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (Ayushman Bharat) from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per family and ensure free-of-cost medical treatment. 
    • Launch the Mukhyamantri Free Diagnostic Scheme with a corpus of Rs 110 crore to provide free-of-cost diagnostic services in all government health institutions and empanelled laboratories for EWS households. 
    • Launch Gujarat Olympics Mission and create world-class sports infrastructure with an aim to host the Olympic Games in 2036. 
    • Construct a Birsa Munda Adi Jati Samriddhi Corridor between Ambaji and Umergram to spur growth by connecting every tribal district’s headquarters with a 4-6 lane state highway, and by constructing a tribal cultural circuit to connect Pal Dadhvaav and the Statue of Unity to Shabari Dham. 
    • Ensure state-of-the-art healthcare facilities in tribal areas by setting up 8 medical colleges, and 10 nursing/para-medical colleges. 

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  • Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, ex-deputy CM Nitin Patel won’t contest elections

    Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, ex-deputy CM Nitin Patel won’t contest elections

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    Gujarat Elections 2022: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and his deputy Nitin Patel on Wednesday announced that they will not contest the upcoming state assembly elections.

    Rupani said that he worked as the chief minister for five years with everyone’s cooperation and now the responsibility should be given to new workers. “I won’t contest the poll, I sent a letter to seniors and conveyed it to Delhi. We will work to make chosen candidate win,” he said. 

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    Rupani served as the chief minister from 7 August 2016 to 13 September 2021. He was succeeded by sitting chief minister Bhupendra Patel. 

    Former Deputy CM Nitin Patel also said that he will not contest the elections. He also served as deputy CM for five years from August 2016 to September 2021. 

    Besides these two senior leaders, two other senior leaders – Pradipsinh Jadeja and Bhupendrasinh Chudasama – said that they won’t enter the fray this time.    

    Four-time MLA from Vatva, Pradipsinh said that he had been given a great opportunity by the party to work as a legislator and also as a minister in the state cabinet. “I do not voluntarily wish to contest in the next assembly elections 2022,” he said. 

    Pradipsinh said in the coming days, he will gladly accept the responsibility for the work that will be assigned to him by the party.

    Senior BJP MLA Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said he will not fight the elections and he has expressed it to the senior leaders of the party. “I have decided other workers should get an opportunity. I have fought the elections 9 times till now. I express my gratitude to the party,” he added.

    Gujarat will go to polls in two phases – December 1 and 5. 

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