AAP's CM candidate Isudan Gadhvi to contest from Khambhalia seat in Dwarka

Aam Aadmi Party's convener Arvind Kejriwal today announced that party's Gujarat chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi will contest the Gujarat Assembly election from Khambhalia seat in his home district of Devbhumi Dwarka. He made the announcement on Twitter.

Making an announcement on Twitter, Kejriwal said Gujarat will get a new chief minister from the holy land of Lord Krishna.

"Isudan Gadhvi, who for years raised his voice for farmers, unemployed youth, women, businessmen, will contest election from Jam Khambhalia! Gujarat will get a new and good chief minister from the holy land of Lord Krishna," Kejriwal said on twitter.



In reply to Kejriwal's tweet, Gadhvi said, "The faith you and the people of Gujarat have placed in me, I assure that I will serve the people of Gujarat till my last breath. Jai Jai Garvi Gujarat!"

Gadhvi, a former TV journalist, was named the party's CM candidate on November 4 based on the result of a poll conducted by the AAP. The party's Gujarat unit president Gopal Italia and general secretary Majoj Sorathiya were also in the race.

Gadhvi, who hails from an agricultural family from Dwarka district, had received around 73 per cent votes (in the poll for the CM face), leaving Italia and Sorathiya behind in the race.

With this, the AAP has so far announced the names of 175 candidates for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly.

Khambhalia will go to polls along with 88 other seats on December 1 in the first phase of two-phase Gujarat elections. For the first phase, the last date of filing nomination forms is November 14 and the last date for withdrawal of forms is November 17.

The second phase of polls will take place on December 5 and the counting of votes will be taken up on December 8.
(Inputs from PTI)