Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will arrive in Ahmedabad on Monday morning for a one-day go to to Gujarat forward of the 2022 meeting elections, using on the spectacular debut efficiency of the Aam Aadmi Celebration within the lately held native physique polls.
In a submit in Gujarati on Twitter, Kejriwal mentioned, “Now Gujarat will change. Tomorrow I’m coming to Gujarat, I’ll meet all brothers and sisters of Gujarat.”
હવે બદલાશે ગુજરાત.
કાલે હું ગુજરાત આવી રહ્યો છું, ગુજરાતના બધા ભાઈ-બહેનોને મળીશ
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 13, 2021
On Monday, Kejriwal is scheduled to inaugurate the brand new state workplace of AAP Gujarat on Ashram highway in Ahmedabad the place he’ll halt at Vallabh Sadan “to hunt blessings of Lord Krishna”, as per an announcement by the social gathering.
That is Kejriwal’s second go to to Gujarat after his social gathering gained 27 out of 120 seats within the Surat Municipal Company (SMC) elections in 2021, consuming into the share of Gujarat’s predominant opposition social gathering, Congress.
Kejriwal, who can also be the nationwide convener of AAP, will work together with social gathering employees and talk about the plan for 2022 meeting elections in Gujarat the place the newcomers will attempt to make it a three-way contest between the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), Congress and AAP.
“Arvind Kejriwal will arrive on the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Worldwide airport round 10.20 am on Monday and after a quick keep on the Circuit Home, he’ll take blessings of Lord Krishna at Vallabh Sadan after which deal with a press convention. Later, he can even inaugurate the AAP Gujarat state workplace in Ahmedabad,” mentioned Tuli Banerjee, state media incharge, AAP Gujarat.
Making inroads
The AAP has been attempting to make inroads into Gujarat since its inception in 2013. Within the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, AAP contested on all 26 constituencies and within the 2017 meeting elections, it fielded candidates on 29 out of 182 constituencies.
On each the events, the social gathering didn’t win a single seat and majority of the candidates misplaced their deposits. The utmost variety of votes an AAP candidate acquired in 2017 meeting elections was 4,551 votes in Chhota Udepur district and in lots of seats, NOTA possibility acquired extra votes than AAP.
In 2021, led by its Gujarat president Gopal Italia, AAP fielded 469 candidates for 576 seats in six municipal firms of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar. Whereas the social gathering AAP couldn’t handle to win even a single seat within the remaining 5 firms, it gained 27 seats in Surat, changing Congress because the opposition to the ruling BJP within the Surat Municipal Company.
Immediately, the social gathering claims that it has over 6,000 office-bearers in Gujarat with a unit in every taluka panchayat and district of the state.
Two-party state
Gujarat has traditionally been a two-party state, the place energy oscillated between the Congress and the BJP, which has been in energy since 1999. Other than the 2 events, the state meeting now has two MLAs from the Bharatiya Tribal Celebration (BTP), one MLA from Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) and unbiased MLA Jignesh Mevani.
In 1990, then chief minister Chimanbhai Patel based Janata Dal (Gujarat), after he cut up from the Janata Dal BJP alliance in Gujarat and remained as CM from 1990 to 1995 with the help of Congress. Later Janata Dal (Gujarat) was dissolved and merged with the Congress. Equally, former CM Shankersinh Vaghela, as soon as a BJP man, based the Rashtriya Janata Celebration (RJP) and dominated as CM from 1996 to 1997. A yr later, he merged RJP with the Congress.
