Gujarat Election 2022: Gujarat BJP in-charge and Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav announced the first list of candidates on Thursday for the assembly elections to be held in Gujarat. Indian star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja s wife Rivaba has also been given a ticket. She will contest from Jamnagar (North) seat.
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, former Deputy CM Nitin Patel, and Senior BJP MLA Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said that they will step away from the poll arena in the upcoming state elections to "give others a chance".
BJP leaders Bhupendrasinh Chudasama and Pradipsinh Jadeja who were senior ministers in the Vijay Rupani cabinet and are sitting MLAs, also said that they will not fight the next month s Gujarat Assembly polls.