- By Mayukh Debnath
- Sun, 07 Jan 2024 08:37 PM (IST)
- Source:ANI
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that jailed MLA Chaitar Vasava would be his party's candidate for the Bharuch Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat for the upcoming general election. Kejriwal made the announcement during AAP's maiden poll rally for the 2024 Lok Sabha election in Bharuch.
"Chetar Vasava is in jail but now he will be the candidate for the Bharuch Lok Sabha seat. No other party has yet started the process for its candidate in Bharuch, but the AAP party announced its candidate in Sunday's meeting," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
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Earlier in the day, the Delhi CM posted on social media platform X (formerly Twitter): "Chaitra Vasava of the Aam Aadmi Party is a very popular tribal leader. He and his wife have been jailed for several days by the BJP Gujarat government in a fake case. Today I and Bhagwant Mann ji are going to Gujarat. We will meet people in his area and tomorrow we will go to meet him in jail."
Vasava is in jail for the past 2 months in connection with a case of alleged extortion and assault of forest officials, ANI said in its report. A local court in Dediapada in Narmada district on December 18 sent Chaitar to judicial custody at the end of the three-day police remand in the case.
In the previous Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured victory in all 26 seats in Gujarat. However, the AAP opened its account in Gujarat in the state assembly polls, which were held in 2022, with five of its leaders securing a comfortable win.
(With inputs from ANI)