AHMEDABAD: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today declared its first list of candidates for eleven Assembly constituencies in Gujarat including Rajkot (West), while stating that it would not contest from the seats where it is weak.
Rajkot (West) is currently represented by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. AAP is going to field businessman Rajesh Bhut from the seat.
Delhi Minister and AAP’s Gujarat election in-charge Gopal Rai told reporters here that the names were finalised at a meeting of the party’s political affairs committee in Delhi yesterday.
There are a total of 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat. The election schedule is yet to be announced.
The constituency-wise candidates announced by the AAP today are: Anil Verma (Bapunagar), Ramesh Patel (Unjha), Rajesh Bhut (Rajkot (West)), J J Mewada (Danilimda), Nimeesha Khunt (Gondal), M D Manajaria (Lathi), Arjun Rathwa (Chhota Udepur), Rajendra Patel (Padra), Hanif Jamadar (Karjan), Rajiv Pandey (Pardi) and Ram Dhaduk (Kamrej).
Of these, nine constituencies are currently represented by BJP MLAs, while Danilimda in Ahmedabad and Chhota Udepur are with the Congress. (AGENCIES)
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