Mahesana Election 2022: Former Dy CM Nitin Patel’s turf set for a triangular contest

Gujarat’s Mehsana, which is likely one of the 182 Legislative Meeting constituencies of the state and is likely one of the seven Vidhan Sabha seats, is about for a triangular contest amongst Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP), Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) and Congress. Voting can be held in two phases on 182 meeting seats in Gujarat.

Mehsana Meeting constituency’s polls are extensively gaining individuals’s curiosity due to a number of causes. One of many causes is the absence of Former Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, whose affect is believed within the Mehsana district. Then again, the AAP’s entry might be one more reason as it’s contesting elections in Gujarat for the primary time.

In Patel’s absence on this election, BJP has given the ticket to Mukesh Patel in his place. Then again, Congress has named PK Patel as its candidate and the Aam Aadmi Occasion has positioned its bets on the Patidar face.

Mehsana district, which is taken into account to be the centre of socio-economic and political exercise of North Gujarat, can also be well-known as a result of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s village Badnagar is available in Mehsana district solely. There are seven meeting seats on this Mehsana district.

The BJP, after the 2017 Patidar agitation, had suffered large losses as Patidars, Thakors, Chaudharys and Patels determine the victory or defeat within the Mehsana district. Furthermore, as per previous elections, many veteran leaders had been seen attempting their luck from the Mehsana meeting seat, the headquarters of the district.

BJP, which had received the Mehsana meeting seat in 1990, has principally remained within the possession of the area. Nitin Patel, who was the primary Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat, within the 2012 and 2017’s meeting elections received this seat.

Following Patel’s absence, as per a number of media stories, many individuals had opined that BJP could also be harmed in Mehsana resulting from Nitin Patel not contesting the election. Patel, in 2017 had overwhelmed Congress’ Jivabhai Patel.

Patel’s recusal from the competition, together with former CM Vijay Rupani, has signalled that the BJP within the State needed to show the web page on the previous few years and usher in a brand new era of management. Nonetheless, in all such instances, it’s simpler stated than performed on the bottom due to this fact when it got here to choosing a candidate for Mehsana, Patel’s alternative Mukesh Patel was chosen.

Within the Mehsana meeting, round 23 per cent are Patidar voters, 16 per cent Thakor, 6 per cent Muslim, 11 per cent Dalit, 14 per cent in different backward courses (OBC), 4 per cent Kshatriya and 12.9 per cent in different caste individuals are prone to train their rights.