Congress announces first list of candidates for Gujarat elections

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The opposition Congress on Friday announced its first list of 43 candidates for the Gujarat Assembly elections, fielding Rajya Sabha MP Amee Yagnik from the Ghatlodia constituency which is currently held by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

Senior leader and former party MLA Arjun Modhwadia has been nominated from the Porbandar seat, which he had lost to the BJP’s Babu Bokhiriya in 2012 and 2017.

Yagnik has been chosen to fight from Ahmedabad’s Ghatlodia seat, currently held by Chief Minister Patel.

Of the 43 seats for which the opposition party has declared its candidates, only one seat, Jhalod (ST) of Dahod district, is currently held by it.

Instead of the sitting MLA Bhavesh Katara, the party has chosen Mitesh Garasiya from Jhalod.

Garasiya was the Congress MLA in the previous term 2012-17.

The first list of candidates features seven women, including  Yagnik. Some former MLAs also managed to get tickets this time.

 

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