The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday named former TV anchor and journalist Isudan Gadhvi as its chief ministerial candidate for next month’s Assembly elections in Gujarat.
Former TV Anchor Isudan Gadhvi Is AAP’s Choice For CM Post
The announcement was made by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal who said the 40-year-old Gadhvi got as many as 73 per cent votes in a poll conducted by the party.
AAPs Gujarat CM candidate Isudan Gadhvi
AAPs Gujarat CM candidate Isudan Gadhvi
The announcement was made by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal who said the 40-year-old Gadhvi got as many as 73 per cent votes in a poll conducted by the party.
Gadhvi was pitted against state party unit chief Gopal Italia, who played a key role in the Patidar community agitation.?
He hails from a farmers’ family in Dwarka district’s Pipaliya village and belongs to the other backward castes, which account for 48 per cent of the state’s population.
Kejriwal said the party conducted the poll by asking people to call a phone number and listen to a recorded message which asked them to choose their chief ministerial face.
-With PTI Input
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