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OVER 1,400 ASPIRANTS VIE FOR CONG TICKET

PTI
The Pioneer, dailypioneer.com
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Ahmedabad - Opposition Congress in Gujarat has received
as many as 1,475 applications for the 182-seat State
Legislative Assembly, elections to which are scheduled to
be held next year.

The highest number of applications the party received are
from north Gujarat, considered to be the hotbed of Patel
quota agitation, led by Hardik Patel.

The number of applications the party received this time
is more as compared to the 2012 Gujarat Assembly polls,
when the ruling BJP was led by the then Chief Minister
Narendra Modi.

Gearing up for the polls early this time, the Gujarat
Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) had called for the
applications as it planned to finalise the list of
candidates for 2017 polls by December.

"We have received 1,475 application from party workers to
fight the 2017 elections for the 182 Assembly seats,"
Gujarat Congress spokesman Manish Doshi said on Tuesday.

The last date of submission of applications was October
21 and the party had made it mandatory for each poll
aspirant to name at least 15 supporters per booth from
the constituency, where they seek to contest the polls.

"The basic criterion set for the applicants was that each
one must provide a list of 15 of his supporters per booth
for the constituency from where, he seeks to fight the
elections," Doshi said.

"It was made clear to every applicant that this condition
won't be compromised at all," he said.

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