‘Other people’s journalist’ Isudan Gadhvi fails to strike chord with the hundreds

Via PTI

KHAMBHALIA: Isudan Gadhvi bagged the utmost votes right through an opinion ballot by way of his celebration to emerge as Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration’s leader ministerial face in Gujarat Meeting polls, however didn’t garner sufficient votes to make his and his celebration’s debut in Gujarat politics eventful.

Gadhvi, who contested from Khambhalia seat, misplaced to BJP’s Ayar Mulubhai Hardasbhai Bera, who polled 10 in step with cent extra votes than the AAP chief.

AAP used to be main in simply 5 of the 182 meeting seats within the state, the place polling used to be held in two stages on December 1 and 5.

Gadhvi, the 40-year-old journalist-turned-politician, entered politics only a yr again, in June 2021, and joined AAP, answering its name for trade after 27 years of uninterrupted BJP rule within the state.

He used to be appointed because the celebration’s nationwide joint normal secretary and used to be declared as AAP’s CM candidate by way of celebration leader Arvind Kejriwal in November this yr.

AAP had requested other folks to put up their opinion to the celebration thru social media, SMS, and emails on who will have to be the celebration’s CM candidate. Greater than 70 in step with cent respondents expressed their opinion in favour of Gadhvi.

Right through the month-long whirlwind election marketing campaign, Gadhvi used to be the celebration’s big name campaigner together with Kejriwal and Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.

Right through the marketing campaign, Gadhvi spoke of his being the son of a farmer and in addition of AAP’s promise of “bijli, pani and daam” (energy, water and remunerative costs for produce) to win the make stronger of the agrarian group.

However this didn’t ring a bell with the citizens, who have been unwilling to agree with anyone sans enjoy in politics or management.

The AAP didn’t woo sufficient make stronger to win the elections however hogged Congress’ vote proportion in different puts, resulting in the victory of BJP applicants in shut contest seats.

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The Kejriwal-led celebration now has a possibility to duplicate the Punjab experiment, the place it got here to energy in the second one strive after a failed first strive.

For Gadhvi, ultimate related and rising as a other folks’s chief will be the actual problem, a political observer stated.

The problem ahead of Gadhvi can be to construct a forged cadre base of the celebration on the sales space and block degree to take at the well-oiled election equipment of the BJP and the Congress within the state.

His earlier avatar as a well-known tv anchor and journalist helped him simply hook up with the hundreds right through the ballot marketing campaign.

A local of Pipaliya village of Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gadhvi used to be born right into a circle of relatives of farmers. He belongs to the Different Backward Elegance (OBC) group, which accounts for 48 in step with cent of the state’s inhabitants.

Gadhvi began his occupation as a journalist with an area information channel round 17 years in the past after obtaining a point in journalism from the Gujarat Vidyapith, a deemed college in Ahmedabad based by way of Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.

He began his occupation as a journalist in Doordarshan ahead of transferring to a channel in Porbandar. Right through this tenure, he did some investigative tales in opposition to unlawful deforestation, which introduced him to the limelight.

In 2015, he took up the process of channel head of every other Gujarati information channel ‘VTV Gujarati’ in Ahmedabad. He used to be additionally the anchor of a display referred to as ‘Maha-Manthan’, which changed into very talked-about amongst rural lots as Gadhvi used to absorb problems associated with agriculture and farmers prominently.

He used to be additionally identified for his competitive anchoring taste, and his on-screen character helped him acquire immense recognition amongst other folks. His criticising the executive device and the federal government whilst debating key problems and in quest of duty earned him reward amongst other folks.

KHAMBHALIA: Isudan Gadhvi bagged the utmost votes right through an opinion ballot by way of his celebration to emerge as Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration’s leader ministerial face in Gujarat Meeting polls, however didn’t garner sufficient votes to make his and his celebration’s debut in Gujarat politics eventful.

Gadhvi, who contested from Khambhalia seat, misplaced to BJP’s Ayar Mulubhai Hardasbhai Bera, who polled 10 in step with cent extra votes than the AAP chief.

AAP used to be main in simply 5 of the 182 meeting seats within the state, the place polling used to be held in two stages on December 1 and 5.

Gadhvi, the 40-year-old journalist-turned-politician, entered politics only a yr again, in June 2021, and joined AAP, answering its name for trade after 27 years of uninterrupted BJP rule within the state.

He used to be appointed because the celebration’s nationwide joint normal secretary and used to be declared as AAP’s CM candidate by way of celebration leader Arvind Kejriwal in November this yr.

AAP had requested other folks to put up their opinion to the celebration thru social media, SMS, and emails on who will have to be the celebration’s CM candidate. Greater than 70 in step with cent respondents expressed their opinion in favour of Gadhvi.

Right through the month-long whirlwind election marketing campaign, Gadhvi used to be the celebration’s big name campaigner together with Kejriwal and Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.

Right through the marketing campaign, Gadhvi spoke of his being the son of a farmer and in addition of AAP’s promise of “bijli, pani and daam” (energy, water and remunerative costs for produce) to win the make stronger of the agrarian group.

However this didn’t ring a bell with the citizens, who have been unwilling to agree with anyone sans enjoy in politics or management.

The AAP didn’t woo sufficient make stronger to win the elections however hogged Congress’ vote proportion in different puts, resulting in the victory of BJP applicants in shut contest seats.

ALSO READ | Meeting elections effects: BJP sweeps Gujarat

The Kejriwal-led celebration now has a possibility to duplicate the Punjab experiment, the place it got here to energy in the second one strive after a failed first strive.

For Gadhvi, ultimate related and rising as a other folks’s chief will be the actual problem, a political observer stated.

The problem ahead of Gadhvi can be to construct a forged cadre base of the celebration on the sales space and block degree to take at the well-oiled election equipment of the BJP and the Congress within the state.

His earlier avatar as a well-known tv anchor and journalist helped him simply hook up with the hundreds right through the ballot marketing campaign.

A local of Pipaliya village of Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gadhvi used to be born right into a circle of relatives of farmers. He belongs to the Different Backward Elegance (OBC) group, which accounts for 48 in step with cent of the state’s inhabitants.

Gadhvi began his occupation as a journalist with an area information channel round 17 years in the past after obtaining a point in journalism from the Gujarat Vidyapith, a deemed college in Ahmedabad based by way of Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.

He began his occupation as a journalist in Doordarshan ahead of transferring to a channel in Porbandar. Right through this tenure, he did some investigative tales in opposition to unlawful deforestation, which introduced him to the limelight.

In 2015, he took up the process of channel head of every other Gujarati information channel ‘VTV Gujarati’ in Ahmedabad. He used to be additionally the anchor of a display referred to as ‘Maha-Manthan’, which changed into very talked-about amongst rural lots as Gadhvi used to absorb problems associated with agriculture and farmers prominently.

He used to be additionally identified for his competitive anchoring taste, and his on-screen character helped him acquire immense recognition amongst other folks. His criticising the executive device and the federal government whilst debating key problems and in quest of duty earned him reward amongst other folks.