Gujarat Assembly polls: AAP candidate withdraws nomination, Sisodia alleges ‘BJP goons’ kidnapped him
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NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Surat East Assembly seat candidate in Gujarat withdrew his nomination on Wednesday, with the AAP alleging he was kidnapped on the behest of the BJP and pressured to take action, a cost denied by the ruling social gathering.
Addressing a press convention in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia stated their Surat seat candidate Kanchan Jariwala had been lacking alongside together with his members of the family since Tuesday.
“In this election, the BJP is miserably losing in Gujarat and has become so rattled that it has stooped to the level of kidnapping our candidate from Surat East,” Sisodia alleged.
“Fearing defeat, the BJP goons kidnapped the AAP candidate from Surat, Kanchan Jariwala,” he additional charged.
The BJP has fielded its sitting MLA Arvind Rana from the seat. Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly can be held in two phases on December 1 and 5 and the counting of votes can be taken up on December 8.
State AAP president Gopal Italia claimed their Surat East candidate Kanchan Jariwala appeared earlier than the workplace of the Returning Officer on Wednesday below heavy police safety and surrounded by “BJP goons” to withdraw his candidature below the strain of the ruling social gathering.
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When media individuals questioned Jariwala, he was hurriedly whisked away by the individuals surrounding him.
Italia alleged that Jariwala had gone lacking and was allegedly taken to an undisclosed location by the BJP goons who put strain on him to avoid the election.
Sisodia stated, “This is not just the kidnapping of our candidate, but the kidnapping of democracy. This is a very dangerous situation in Gujarat.”
He appealed to the Election Commission to take cognisance of it. However, Surat metropolis BJP president Niranjan Zanzmera refuted the allegations and stated the AAP ought to as a substitute “take care of its own house”.
Italia stated the AAP will take the recommendation from its authorized group for additional motion into the matter.
“The BJP first wanted to get Jariwala’s nomination invalidated on the last date of the process on Tuesday. When his nomination was accepted, the BJP goons took him to some undisclosed location. We could not find him anywhere until Wednesday morning. His relatives told us that he was put under huge pressure to stay away from the election,” Italia claimed whereas speaking to reporters in Surat.
Italia additional stated the way in which Jariwala appeared to withdraw his nomination steered that he was below “enormous strain.
“Why else would he come to the office under heavy police protection and with 50-100 goons if he intended to withdraw his candidature on his own?” Italia requested.
AAP’s Gujarat co-incharge Raghav Chadha alleged that the “BJP goons” kidnapped Jariwala on Tuesday to place strain on him to withdraw his candidature.
“The BJP is so scared in Gujarat that it has started kidnapping the AAP candidates,” the Rajya Sabha member claimed.
“The BJP goons themselves went to the office of the Returning Officer along with Jariwala and put pressure on him to get his nomination invalidated. The pressure was also put on his proposers to get his nomination invalidated,” he alleged.
Chadha stated the social gathering has knowledgeable the Chief Electoral Officer about it, and a written grievance can be submitted. Local police and administration have additionally been knowledgeable about it, he stated. Surat Police Commissioner Ajay Tomar instructed PTI that the difficulty has come to his discover.
“I have come to know about it and we are trying to find out. I have put my teams on the job and we will find it out. We have not received any formal complaint yet but since this has come to my notice, I am working on it,” the police official stated.
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party’s Surat East Assembly seat candidate in Gujarat withdrew his nomination on Wednesday, with the AAP alleging he was kidnapped on the behest of the BJP and pressured to take action, a cost denied by the ruling social gathering.
Addressing a press convention in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia stated their Surat seat candidate Kanchan Jariwala had been lacking alongside together with his members of the family since Tuesday.
“In this election, the BJP is miserably losing in Gujarat and has become so rattled that it has stooped to the level of kidnapping our candidate from Surat East,” Sisodia alleged.
“Fearing defeat, the BJP goons kidnapped the AAP candidate from Surat, Kanchan Jariwala,” he additional charged.
The BJP has fielded its sitting MLA Arvind Rana from the seat. Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly can be held in two phases on December 1 and 5 and the counting of votes can be taken up on December 8.
State AAP president Gopal Italia claimed their Surat East candidate Kanchan Jariwala appeared earlier than the workplace of the Returning Officer on Wednesday below heavy police safety and surrounded by “BJP goons” to withdraw his candidature below the strain of the ruling social gathering.
READ HERE | Gujarat polls: ‘Don’t waste your votes, Congress’ share will go under 13 per cent’, says Kejriwal
When media individuals questioned Jariwala, he was hurriedly whisked away by the individuals surrounding him.
Italia alleged that Jariwala had gone lacking and was allegedly taken to an undisclosed location by the BJP goons who put strain on him to avoid the election.
Sisodia stated, “This is not just the kidnapping of our candidate, but the kidnapping of democracy. This is a very dangerous situation in Gujarat.”
He appealed to the Election Commission to take cognisance of it. However, Surat metropolis BJP president Niranjan Zanzmera refuted the allegations and stated the AAP ought to as a substitute “take care of its own house”.
Italia stated the AAP will take the recommendation from its authorized group for additional motion into the matter.
“The BJP first wanted to get Jariwala’s nomination invalidated on the last date of the process on Tuesday. When his nomination was accepted, the BJP goons took him to some undisclosed location. We could not find him anywhere until Wednesday morning. His relatives told us that he was put under huge pressure to stay away from the election,” Italia claimed whereas speaking to reporters in Surat.
Italia additional stated the way in which Jariwala appeared to withdraw his nomination steered that he was below “enormous strain.
“Why else would he come to the office under heavy police protection and with 50-100 goons if he intended to withdraw his candidature on his own?” Italia requested.
AAP’s Gujarat co-incharge Raghav Chadha alleged that the “BJP goons” kidnapped Jariwala on Tuesday to place strain on him to withdraw his candidature.
“The BJP is so scared in Gujarat that it has started kidnapping the AAP candidates,” the Rajya Sabha member claimed.
“The BJP goons themselves went to the office of the Returning Officer along with Jariwala and put pressure on him to get his nomination invalidated. The pressure was also put on his proposers to get his nomination invalidated,” he alleged.
Chadha stated the social gathering has knowledgeable the Chief Electoral Officer about it, and a written grievance can be submitted. Local police and administration have additionally been knowledgeable about it, he stated. Surat Police Commissioner Ajay Tomar instructed PTI that the difficulty has come to his discover.
“I have come to know about it and we are trying to find out. I have put my teams on the job and we will find it out. We have not received any formal complaint yet but since this has come to my notice, I am working on it,” the police official stated.
