AAP names Isudan Gadhvi as CM candidate for Gujarat

AAP Gujarat CM face Isudan Gadhvi

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on November 4 announced Isudan Gadhvi as the party’s chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat.

Kejriwal who was joined by Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann said, “We don’t sit in rooms and choose chief ministerial candidates. We let people to decide. Bhagwant Mann was chosen as chief minister not by AAP, but by the people of Punjab.”

While announcing Isudan Gadhvi’s name, Kejriwal said, “As we are confident of forming the next government in Gujarat, we are not announcing the CM candidate today, but the CM itself.”

A week back party had sought people’s opinion for chief ministerial candidate. As many as 16,48,500 responses were received, 73 per cent of them were in favour Isudan Gadhvi, Kejriwal added.

AAP had launched “Choose Your Chief Minister” campaign, seeking public opinion for party’s chief ministerial candidate.

Isudan Gadhvi is the national joint general secretary of the AAP and its main campaigner in the poll-bound state. He joined AAP in June 2021 after quitting as editor of a local Gujarat news channel.  Gadhvi belongs to the other backward castes, which account for 48 per cent of the state's population.

This year, Gujarat is going to witness a three-cornered fight between the BJP, the Congress, and the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).