Isudan Gadhvi was declared Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Ministerial candidate for the Gujarat Assembly Election to begin on December 1. Gadhvi is the National Joint General Secretary of the Aam Aadmi Party and a member of its National Executive. He received over 73% votes in a survey conducted by AAP to select a CM face in Gujarat.
Before entering into politics, Gadhvi was a popular Gujarati journalist and anchor and his 8-9 pm prime time show had to be extended by half an hour, till 9:30 pm on popular demand. Gadhvi enjoys massive popularity in Gujarat and is hailed as a public man. He belongs to the Other Backward Classes (OBC), which constitute a whopping 48% of the Gujarat’s population.
40-year-old Gadhvi, calls himself a “Nayak or victor” and is known for taking part in social movements and raising his voice for the masses and issues in Gujarat.
The senior AAP leader hails from a farmer family in Pipliya village of Dwarka district.
Isudan Gadhvi: The famous Gujarati journalist
Gadhvi, who rose to fame and public life as a journalist, was known for his popular Doordarshan show called ‘Yojana’. He gained massive popularity in Gujarat when he was ground reporting in Porbandar for ETV.
The major highlight of his journalism career was when he exposed a Rs 150 crore scam of illegal deforestation in Dang and Kaparada talukas of Gujarat on his news show, which triggered the Gujarat government to take cognizance in the matter and eventually launch an investigation.
Isudan Gadhvi’s Manmanthan
Isudan Gadhvi’s television news show Manmanthan was highly acclaimed by critics as well as his audience. In Manmanthan, Gadhvi used to discuss key issues of Gujarat with special panellists, however, after a detailed discussion he used to reach out to the common people of the state to get their views and concerns on the issue. It became very popular in Gujarat.
The assembly polls in Gujarat, BJP’s stronghold and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, will take place from December 1 to 5 while the results will be announced on December 8.
This is the first time that AAP is contesting the elections in the so far saffron state. While the trends are largely working in BJP’s favour, AAP is likely to establish itself as a strong opposition in the state beating Congress to an extent.
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal along with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann launched a high-pitched campaign in Modi-Shah state and managed to garner decent support from the voters. However, the party also got mingled in various controversies from black flags, to hoarding against Kejriwal calling him anti-Hindu to shameful remarks made by its party leader against PM Modi’s mother.
