General Elections 2024 | Amit Shah files nomination from Gandhinagar
The Hindu
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 19 filed his nomination papers for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat from where he is seeking re-election as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 19 filed his nomination papers for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat from where he is seeking re-election as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.
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Mr. Shah was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel when he submitted the nomination papers to Gandhinagar collector and district election officer in the state capital. He filed nominated papers exactly at 12:39 p.m., considered as ‘Vijay Muhurat’, according to PTI.
The former BJP president had won from the Gandhinagar constituency in the 2019 general elections by a margin of more than five lakh votes, which also marked his debut as a Lok Sabha member. Gandhinagar, considered as a BJP bastion was represented by former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani until 2019.
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“Today I have filed my nomination from the Gandhinagar seat. It is a matter of pride for me that this seat was represented by LK Advani, Atal ji, and the seat where Narendra Modi himself is a voter. I have been an MLA, and MP from this seat for 30 years. The people of this region have given me immense love. I was a small-time booth worker and now I reached the Parliament from this constituency. Development projects worth Rs 22,000 crore have been completed in the last five years in Gandhinagar,” Mr. Shah said after filing nomination.
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