Ravindra Jadeja bats for his wife ahead of Jamnagar nomination

Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja on Monday said that his wife Rivaba Jadeja who has been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP from Jamnagar North seat in the state assembly elections wanted to follow the path of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work for the peopleRavindra Jadeja attended an event on Monday where he said that Rivaba would learn a lot from her firsttime candidature in the assembly electionsIt is her Rivaba Jadeja first time as an MLA candidate and she will learn a lot I hope she will progress in this She is of helping nature and has always wanted to help people and hence joined politics She wants to follow the path of PM Modi to work for the people the cricketer saidEarlier on Sunday Jadeja urged the people of Jamnagar to vote for his wife Rivaba JadejaJadeja tweeted a video urging the people of Jamnagar and cricket fans to vote for his wifeAlso Read Mamata condemns Akhil Giris remarks apologises to Prez on behalf of TMCThe Gujarat election is here and its like a T20 match My wife is making her grand debut in politics on a BJP ticket Tomorrow she will file her nomination I appeal to the people of Jamnagar and all the cricket lovers to come in large numbers to support her Jadeja said in the video in which he was speaking in GujaratiRivaba replaces sitting MLA Dharmendrasinh Jadeja as the BJP face for the Jamnagar North seat who was denied a party ticket in this election according to sourcesEarlier on Sunday the BJP announced one more candidate for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly election So far the party has released the names of 167 candidates for the Gujarat pollsThe party fielded Jagdishbhai Makwana from the Wadhwan Assembly constituencyEarlier on Saturday BJP released the second list of six candidates In the second list of six candidates BJP has given tickets to two womenIt has fielded Mahendrabhai Padaliya from Dhoraji Mulubhai Bera from Khambhalia Dheliben Maldebhai Odedara from Kutiyana Sejal Rajiv Kumar Pandya from Bhavnagar East Hitesh Devji Vasava from Dediapada ST and Sandeep Desai from ChoryasiOn Thursday the BJP announced the first list of candidates for 160 candidates out of the 182 constituencies for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly electionsThe first list of 160 candidates includes 14 females 13 from scheduled caste 24 from the scheduled tribe and there are 69 candidates who have been repeatedThe Assembly elections in Gujarat are scheduled for two phases on December 1 and December 5 In the first round 89 of the total 182 Assembly seats will go to polls and prominent political parties have declared their candidates for almost all these constituenciesThe BJP has drawn up a list of star campaigners for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections Topping the list is Prime Minister Narendra ModiThe other prominent names on the list include BJP national president JP Nadda Union Home Minister Amit Shah Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and fellow Cabinet colleagues Smriti Irani Dharmendra Pradhan Mansukh Mandaviya and Purushottam RupalaChief Minister Bhupendra Patel who is seeking a fresh mandate from the Ghatlodia Assembly segment also features in the star campaigners list along with BJP state president CR Patil and state Home Minister Harsh SanghviThe ruling party seeks its seventh straight term in power in the ensuing state polls The state has been a BJP stronghold for a long and the party has set its sights on returning to power with a handsome majority this time as wellHowever it faces a stiff electoral challenge from the Arvind Kejriwalled Aam Aadmi Party AAP which has named Isudan Gadhvi as its chief ministerial candidateThe Congress is also hoping to put its best electoral foot forward to unseat the BJP governmentThe BJP has been in power in Gujarat for the last 27 years and it is considered a BJP bastionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever