Gujarat polls: Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, his sister bat for different parties

Hours before cricketer Ravindra Jadeja travelled through the citys market in an open SUV as part of a BJP roadshow his sister Naynaba Jadeja sought votes for the Congress reminding voters of price rise under the ruling party and its unfulfilled employment promisesWhile the famous cricketer campaigned for his wife Rivaba Jadeja his elder sister canvassed for Bipendrasinh Jadeja highlighting the sibling rivalry that has added another layer of interest in the poll after the BJP dropped its sitting MLA Dharmendrasinh Jadeja locally better known as HakubhaHerself a contender for the Congress ticket from the Jamnagar North seat Naynaba has emerged as a key campaigner for her party after the BJP chose her famous brothers wife as its candidateShe is often the focus of media queries while the Congress candidate a seasoned organisation man and businessman plays a supporting roleI have my ideology and have been with a party I admire she says slamming the BJP over the issue of price rise and claiming that it only makes promises to people but never fulfils them be it on employment or educationAn overwhelmingly urban constituency Jamnagar North may be seen as more favourable to the BJP than the Congress even though the opposition partys supporters believe their party can spring a surpriseNaynaba argues that since the constituency voted for the first time in 2012 after being carved out following delimitation it is essentially a Congress seat as it won for the first time while the BJP grabbed it in 2017 after the incumbent MLA crossed over to the saffron campEven the winning BJP candidate was a Congressman who won on his appeal and our party will score this time she claimsCongress leaders also hope to benefit from any faultlines within the BJP caused by its denial of the ticket to the sitting MLA The AAP has fielded Karsan Karmur who had quit the BJP to join it last yearAlso Read States responsibility to check antinational forces BJP chief JP NaddaThe state will have twophase Assembly polls on December 1 and 5 while the votes will be counted on December 8 It is witnessing a threecornered fight with the BJP Congress and Aam Aadmi Party AAP in the frayHakubha an influential person has now been dropped in favour of Riviba Jadeja but the BJP has managed to placate him by making him the partys incharge for polling in three assembly seats including Jamnagar NorthRajputs the community the two main candidates hail from and Muslims are among the largest voting blocs hereCampaigning for Rivaba BJP workers express confidence of her win and claim the curiosity is more about marginThey also dismiss the Congress outsider charge against her arguing that she had been working in the region after joining the BJP in 2019 months after she and her husband Ravindra Jadeja met Prime Minister Narendra ModiA degreeholder in mechanical engineering she was born and raised in Rajkot while her husband is from JamnagarBefore joining the BJP she was in Karni Sena a Rajput group accused in the past of vandalism and violence in promotion of its causesShe joined Karni Sena and later the BJP in the spirit of doing something good for the society and country she has often said in her public interactions and cites Modi as her inspiration for entering politicsThis 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