‘People’s journalist’ Isudan Gadhvi fails to strike chord with the lots

By PTI

KHAMBHALIA: Isudan Gadhvi bagged the utmost votes throughout an opinion ballot by his celebration to emerge as Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial face in Gujarat Assembly 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 per cent extra votes than the AAP chief.

AAP was main in simply 5 of the 182 meeting seats within the state, the place polling was held in two phases on December 1 and 5.

Gadhvi, the 40-year-old journalist-turned-politician, entered politics only a 12 months again, in June 2021, and joined AAP, answering its name for change after 27 years of uninterrupted BJP rule within the state.

He was appointed because the celebration’s nationwide joint basic secretary and was declared as AAP’s CM candidate by celebration chief Arvind Kejriwal in November this 12 months.

AAP had requested folks to submit their opinion to the celebration via social media, SMS, and emails on who must be the celebration’s CM candidate. More than 70 per cent respondents expressed their opinion in favour of Gadhvi.

During the month-long whirlwind election marketing campaign, Gadhvi was the celebration’s star campaigner together with Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.

During the marketing campaign, Gadhvi spoke of his being the son of a farmer and likewise of AAP’s promise of “bijli, pani and daam” (energy, water and remunerative costs for produce) to win the help of the agrarian group.

But this didn’t ring a bell with the voters, who have been unwilling to belief somebody sans expertise in politics or administration.

The AAP didn’t woo sufficient help to win the elections however hogged Congress’ vote share in a number of locations, resulting in the victory of BJP candidates in shut contest seats.

ALSO READ | Assembly elections outcomes: BJP sweeps Gujarat

The Kejriwal-led celebration now has a chance to copy the Punjab experiment, the place it got here to energy within the second try after a failed first try.

For Gadhvi, remaining related and rising as a folks’s chief could be the actual problem, a political observer mentioned.

The problem earlier than Gadhvi could be to construct a strong cadre base of the celebration on the sales space and block degree to tackle 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 join with the lots in the course of the ballot marketing campaign.

A local of Pipaliya village of Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gadhvi was born right into a household of farmers. He belongs to the Other Backward Class (OBC) group, which accounts for 48 per cent of the state’s inhabitants.

Gadhvi began his profession as a journalist with a neighborhood information channel round 17 years in the past after buying a level in journalism from the Gujarat Vidyapith, a deemed college in Ahmedabad based by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.

He began his profession as a journalist in Doordarshan earlier than shifting to a channel in Porbandar. During this tenure, he did some investigative tales towards unlawful deforestation, which introduced him to the limelight.

In 2015, he took up the job of channel head of one other Gujarati information channel ‘VTV Gujarati’ in Ahmedabad. He was additionally the anchor of a present referred to as ‘Maha-Manthan’, which grew to become extraordinarily common amongst rural lots as Gadhvi used to take up points associated to agriculture and farmers prominently.

He was additionally recognized for his aggressive anchoring type, and his on-screen character helped him acquire immense reputation amongst folks. His criticising the executive system and the federal government whereas debating key points and looking for accountability earned him reward amongst folks.

KHAMBHALIA: Isudan Gadhvi bagged the utmost votes throughout an opinion ballot by his celebration to emerge as Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial face in Gujarat Assembly 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 per cent extra votes than the AAP chief.

AAP was main in simply 5 of the 182 meeting seats within the state, the place polling was held in two phases on December 1 and 5.

Gadhvi, the 40-year-old journalist-turned-politician, entered politics only a 12 months again, in June 2021, and joined AAP, answering its name for change after 27 years of uninterrupted BJP rule within the state.

He was appointed because the celebration’s nationwide joint basic secretary and was declared as AAP’s CM candidate by celebration chief Arvind Kejriwal in November this 12 months.

AAP had requested folks to submit their opinion to the celebration via social media, SMS, and emails on who must be the celebration’s CM candidate. More than 70 per cent respondents expressed their opinion in favour of Gadhvi.

During the month-long whirlwind election marketing campaign, Gadhvi was the celebration’s star campaigner together with Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.

During the marketing campaign, Gadhvi spoke of his being the son of a farmer and likewise of AAP’s promise of “bijli, pani and daam” (energy, water and remunerative costs for produce) to win the help of the agrarian group.

But this didn’t ring a bell with the voters, who have been unwilling to belief somebody sans expertise in politics or administration.

The AAP didn’t woo sufficient help to win the elections however hogged Congress’ vote share in a number of locations, resulting in the victory of BJP candidates in shut contest seats.

ALSO READ | Assembly elections outcomes: BJP sweeps Gujarat

The Kejriwal-led celebration now has a chance to copy the Punjab experiment, the place it got here to energy within the second try after a failed first try.

For Gadhvi, remaining related and rising as a folks’s chief could be the actual problem, a political observer mentioned.

The problem earlier than Gadhvi could be to construct a strong cadre base of the celebration on the sales space and block degree to tackle 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 join with the lots in the course of the ballot marketing campaign.

A local of Pipaliya village of Devbhumi Dwarka district, Gadhvi was born right into a household of farmers. He belongs to the Other Backward Class (OBC) group, which accounts for 48 per cent of the state’s inhabitants.

Gadhvi began his profession as a journalist with a neighborhood information channel round 17 years in the past after buying a level in journalism from the Gujarat Vidyapith, a deemed college in Ahmedabad based by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.

He began his profession as a journalist in Doordarshan earlier than shifting to a channel in Porbandar. During this tenure, he did some investigative tales towards unlawful deforestation, which introduced him to the limelight.

In 2015, he took up the job of channel head of one other Gujarati information channel ‘VTV Gujarati’ in Ahmedabad. He was additionally the anchor of a present referred to as ‘Maha-Manthan’, which grew to become extraordinarily common amongst rural lots as Gadhvi used to take up points associated to agriculture and farmers prominently.

He was additionally recognized for his aggressive anchoring type, and his on-screen character helped him acquire immense reputation amongst folks. His criticising the executive system and the federal government whereas debating key points and looking for accountability earned him reward amongst folks.