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The list of BJP nominations declared for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly polls includes 30 new faces even as many sitting legislators have been retained as part of continuity.
Women and youth have got preference in the BJP’s first list of nominations for the constituencies in Saurashtra, south Gujarat and four seats in Ahmedabad’s rural areas. Ten seats each have been allocated to women and youthful candidates among the 84 names declared on Thursday evening.
The ruling BJP held 56 of these 84 seats, candidates for which were announced by BJP’s general secretary Ananth Kumar who is also the secretary of the Central Election Committee.
These 84 seats include six reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) and 14 reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Read more at The Pioneer, published 23 November 2012.
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The list of BJP nominations declared for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly polls includes 30 new faces even as many sitting legislators have been retained as part of continuity.
Women and youth have got preference in the BJP’s first list of nominations for the constituencies in Saurashtra, south Gujarat and four seats in Ahmedabad’s rural areas. Ten seats each have been allocated to women and youthful candidates among the 84 names declared on Thursday evening.
The ruling BJP held 56 of these 84 seats, candidates for which were announced by BJP’s general secretary Ananth Kumar who is also the secretary of the Central Election Committee.
These 84 seats include six reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) and 14 reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Read more at The Pioneer, published 23 November 2012.
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