Who is Isudan Gadhvi, AAP's newly announced Gujarat CM candidate..
OBC's Isudan Gadhvi, who ran the popular TV show "Mahamanthan" as editor of VTV-Gujarati, left the broadcast network last year to join AAP.
Isudan Gadhvi, a former journalist and national co-secretary-general of the AAP, is set to be the party's Chief Minister candidate in next month's Gujarat parliamentary elections.
AAP names TV journalist Isudan Gadhvi as CM candidate for Gujarat.
In a statement on Friday, AAP Chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said: Bhagwant Mann was selected as CM by the people of Punjab, not by the AAP. At a time when it seems certain that the AAP will form a government, today we are not announcing the name of his CM candidate for the AAP, but his CM for the upcoming Gujarat government. We welcomed public opinion a week ago, and 16,48,500 responses were received, and 73% of them took Isudanbhai Gadhvi’s name,” he said.
After the announcement, 40-year-old Gadhvi, Kejriwal, party colleagues Manoj Solatiya and Yuvraj Singh Jadeja hugged before leaving the stage to ask for their mother's blessing. His wife, two sisters and other family members also attended the press conference.
Isudan Gadhvi, who ran the popular TV show 'Mahamanthan' as editor of VTV-Gujarati, left the broadcast network last year to join AAP.
In an interview, he claimed he had been approached by BJP, Congress and AAP to participate in elections and chose the AAP. In a speech following
Kejriwal's announcement, Gadhvi said he entered politics not because it was a "passionate project" but because he was "forced".
Former TV anchor Isudan Gadhvi is AAP's choice for CM post
“None of my family members has ever held public office in their entire life. When Kejriwalji asked me to join the AAP, I saw it as an opportunity to serve for the people of Gujarat myself and decided (to join AAP) I don't get into politics as a hobby but because it's a compulsion.
Isudan Gadhvi - A Fearless Journalist
From 2007 to 2011 Isudan Gadhvi also worked for the show called 'Yojana' which was being telecasted on Doordarshan those days. Isudan also worked with ETv Gujarati as an on field journalist and he exposed a scam of 150 crores of deforestation in Dang and Kaprada taluka of Gujarat State.Later for which he was known as Fearless Journalist.
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