Via PTI
AMRELI: It might be an uphill process for Congress chief Paresh Dhanani to win from the Amreli Meeting constituency for the fourth time within the subsequent month’s Gujarat elections, particularly when the Patidar quota agitation has pale out.
The previous Chief of the Opposition within the Meeting could also be going through demanding situations from the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) which is predicted to consume into the Congress’s conventional vote banks.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration (BJP) has fielded its district unit leader Kaushik Vekariya from the seat, whilst the AAP has given price ticket to Ravi Dhanani.
All 3 — Dhanani and his two competitors — belong to the Patidar group. Patidar citizens account for greater than part the citizens within the constituency.
As one enters Amreli, large hoardings of Paresh Dhanani are observed on each main highway, promoting the paintings he has carried out for the constituency. His supporters say that he would have turn out to be the executive minister had the Congress received a majority in 2017.
The opposition celebration had come on the subject of the bulk determine in 2017 however may now not make it.
“This election is a struggle between smug rulers and the folks of Gujarat. Amreli has all the time proven tips on how to Gujarat, and this time additionally they’ll elect me and provides a choice for exchange after 27 years of BJP misrule,” Dhanani mentioned.
“Because of this misrule, Gujarat is plagued through the commercial slowdown, inflation, unemployment, corruption, drug mafia and land mafia. This election is a chance for the ones whose voice has been silenced through the BJP to oust the BJP executive,” he added.
His supporters imagine that Dhanani’s reference to the folks and paintings at the flooring has made him a pressure to reckon with, even supposing this area is a BJP stronghold.
In other places, 20 km from Amreli town, within the rural space, the BJP’s Vekariya used to be won through younger ladies of the village Nani Kukavav at his 2nd election assembly of the day. He used to be scheduled to talk at two extra sooner than the day ended. He went across the village, interacting with folks as his supporters beat the drums.
“When folks of Amreli cross to the MLA (Paresh Dhanani) for paintings, he says he can not do their paintings as he does now not have a say within the provide executive. Being the district unit president, I will be able to get your paintings carried out now, and after changing into MLA, it could be even more straightforward for me to increase the district,” he mentioned.
Talking to PTI, Vekariya mentioned, “Dhanani, has now not carried out any paintings within the constituency, blaming the federal government. Then again, he has publish large hoardings announcing he has carried out many stuff for Amreli. He is attempting to take credit score for state and central executive schemes. Individuals are bored with him.”
The AAP isn’t an influential consider Amreli and it’ll turn out to be transparent at the day of election effects, he claimed. AAP candidate Ravi Dhanani used to be busy in a door-to-door marketing campaign in Amreli town.
“I’m the son of a farmer. It is a district of farmers and the ones related to the farm business. The farming group is bored with this executive and desires a transformation,” he mentioned.
“Folks, particularly the formative years will pressure the exchange,” the AAP candidate added.
Native journalist Vijay Chauhan, who runs a newspaper, mentioned Paresh Dhanani has his paintings lower out this time.
The impact of the Patidar quota factor does now not exist this time. It used to be as soon as an excessively large issue. Additionally, the AAP is any other participant which can snatch some votes and it’s prone to harm Congress extra.
“Younger folks, particularly the formative years who paintings in Surat, have a craze for AAP as a brand new celebration,” he mentioned.
Amreli Meeting constituency has been a swing seat. In 2002, because of inner strife throughout the BJP, Paresh Dhanani who used to be most effective 26 then received from the seat in spite of a large wave in favour of Leader Minister Narendra Modi.
The Patidar group used to be unsatisfied after the unceremonious removing of Keshubhai Patel as leader minister in 2001. Patel used to be changed through Modi. However in 2007, Dhanani misplaced to the BJP’s Dileep Sanghani.
The Congress chief wrested again the seat in 2012 because the Patel group as soon as once more felt that they have been being sidelined they usually had to again Patidar applicants of the Congress.
After that Dhanani’s political big name rose and his fans even projected him as a first-rate ministerial candidate sooner than the 2017 elections, held within the backdrop of the Patidar quota agitation.
He defeated former minister Bavku Undhad within the election and used to be due to this fact made Chief of the Opposition within the Meeting.
However the political scene has modified since 2017, because the BJP executive gave 10 according to cent quota for Economically Backward Magnificence a number of the higher castes; made Bhupendra Patel, a Patidar, the executive minister; and received over quota agitation chief Hardik Patel to its facet.
For the BJP, this is a subject of status to win the Amreli seat. The celebration misplaced all 5 meeting seats within the Amreli district in 2017.
“BJP leaders from Amreli like Purshottam Rupala (Union agriculture minister), (MP) Naran Kachadiya and I’ve determined to return in combination and paintings onerous for the celebration’s victory in Amreli seat,” mentioned Dileep Sanghani, former MP who had defeated Paresh Dhanani in 2007.
“Dhanani has misplaced credibility and the folks of Amreli are making amusing of him as he has now not been ready to do any paintings within the constituency,” he added.
But even so greater than 50 according to cent of Patidar citizens, the constituency has a fifteen according to cent Koli inhabitants which falls within the OBC class. Higher castes, Dalits and Muslims make up the remainder. Barring Amreli the town, the constituency is predominantly rural.
All over the ultimate elections, the constituency had 2.68 lakh registered citizens, out of which 63.33 according to cent solid their vote.
AMRELI: It might be an uphill process for Congress chief Paresh Dhanani to win from the Amreli Meeting constituency for the fourth time within the subsequent month’s Gujarat elections, particularly when the Patidar quota agitation has pale out.
The previous Chief of the Opposition within the Meeting could also be going through demanding situations from the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) which is predicted to consume into the Congress’s conventional vote banks.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration (BJP) has fielded its district unit leader Kaushik Vekariya from the seat, whilst the AAP has given price ticket to Ravi Dhanani.
All 3 — Dhanani and his two competitors — belong to the Patidar group. Patidar citizens account for greater than part the citizens within the constituency.
As one enters Amreli, large hoardings of Paresh Dhanani are observed on each main highway, promoting the paintings he has carried out for the constituency. His supporters say that he would have turn out to be the executive minister had the Congress received a majority in 2017.
The opposition celebration had come on the subject of the bulk determine in 2017 however may now not make it.
“This election is a struggle between smug rulers and the folks of Gujarat. Amreli has all the time proven tips on how to Gujarat, and this time additionally they’ll elect me and provides a choice for exchange after 27 years of BJP misrule,” Dhanani mentioned.
“Because of this misrule, Gujarat is plagued through the commercial slowdown, inflation, unemployment, corruption, drug mafia and land mafia. This election is a chance for the ones whose voice has been silenced through the BJP to oust the BJP executive,” he added.
His supporters imagine that Dhanani’s reference to the folks and paintings at the flooring has made him a pressure to reckon with, even supposing this area is a BJP stronghold.
In other places, 20 km from Amreli town, within the rural space, the BJP’s Vekariya used to be won through younger ladies of the village Nani Kukavav at his 2nd election assembly of the day. He used to be scheduled to talk at two extra sooner than the day ended. He went across the village, interacting with folks as his supporters beat the drums.
“When folks of Amreli cross to the MLA (Paresh Dhanani) for paintings, he says he can not do their paintings as he does now not have a say within the provide executive. Being the district unit president, I will be able to get your paintings carried out now, and after changing into MLA, it could be even more straightforward for me to increase the district,” he mentioned.
Talking to PTI, Vekariya mentioned, “Dhanani, has now not carried out any paintings within the constituency, blaming the federal government. Then again, he has publish large hoardings announcing he has carried out many stuff for Amreli. He is attempting to take credit score for state and central executive schemes. Individuals are bored with him.”
The AAP isn’t an influential consider Amreli and it’ll turn out to be transparent at the day of election effects, he claimed. AAP candidate Ravi Dhanani used to be busy in a door-to-door marketing campaign in Amreli town.
“I’m the son of a farmer. It is a district of farmers and the ones related to the farm business. The farming group is bored with this executive and desires a transformation,” he mentioned.
“Folks, particularly the formative years will pressure the exchange,” the AAP candidate added.
Native journalist Vijay Chauhan, who runs a newspaper, mentioned Paresh Dhanani has his paintings lower out this time.
The impact of the Patidar quota factor does now not exist this time. It used to be as soon as an excessively large issue. Additionally, the AAP is any other participant which can snatch some votes and it’s prone to harm Congress extra.
“Younger folks, particularly the formative years who paintings in Surat, have a craze for AAP as a brand new celebration,” he mentioned.
Amreli Meeting constituency has been a swing seat. In 2002, because of inner strife throughout the BJP, Paresh Dhanani who used to be most effective 26 then received from the seat in spite of a large wave in favour of Leader Minister Narendra Modi.
The Patidar group used to be unsatisfied after the unceremonious removing of Keshubhai Patel as leader minister in 2001. Patel used to be changed through Modi. However in 2007, Dhanani misplaced to the BJP’s Dileep Sanghani.
The Congress chief wrested again the seat in 2012 because the Patel group as soon as once more felt that they have been being sidelined they usually had to again Patidar applicants of the Congress.
After that Dhanani’s political big name rose and his fans even projected him as a first-rate ministerial candidate sooner than the 2017 elections, held within the backdrop of the Patidar quota agitation.
He defeated former minister Bavku Undhad within the election and used to be due to this fact made Chief of the Opposition within the Meeting.
However the political scene has modified since 2017, because the BJP executive gave 10 according to cent quota for Economically Backward Magnificence a number of the higher castes; made Bhupendra Patel, a Patidar, the executive minister; and received over quota agitation chief Hardik Patel to its facet.
For the BJP, this is a subject of status to win the Amreli seat. The celebration misplaced all 5 meeting seats within the Amreli district in 2017.
“BJP leaders from Amreli like Purshottam Rupala (Union agriculture minister), (MP) Naran Kachadiya and I’ve determined to return in combination and paintings onerous for the celebration’s victory in Amreli seat,” mentioned Dileep Sanghani, former MP who had defeated Paresh Dhanani in 2007.
“Dhanani has misplaced credibility and the folks of Amreli are making amusing of him as he has now not been ready to do any paintings within the constituency,” he added.
But even so greater than 50 according to cent of Patidar citizens, the constituency has a fifteen according to cent Koli inhabitants which falls within the OBC class. Higher castes, Dalits and Muslims make up the remainder. Barring Amreli the town, the constituency is predominantly rural.
All over the ultimate elections, the constituency had 2.68 lakh registered citizens, out of which 63.33 according to cent solid their vote.