Gujarat Election 2022: 14 seats where BJP gave tickets to women leaders

Rivaba Jadeja joined the BJP three years ago and has been active in social work for a long time. In 2016, Rivaba married Ravindra Jadeja. She was the leader of Karni Sena, a Rajput community organisation. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The Gujarat BJP on Thursday (November 10) released the first list of candidates. It can be seen that the party has accounced 160 candidates in the first list. Of these candidates, as many as 14 women have been selected.

However, the BJP is relying heavily on the 'charisma' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to maintain its fort in Gujarat. The special thing is that the BJP has won all the assembly elections in Gujarat since 1995.

However, these 14 women candidates who got tickets in the first list, will surely play an important role in the upcoming Gujarat election 2022.  

Here's where BJP is fielding women leaders:

Maltiben Kishorebhai Maheshwari – Gandhigham
Jijnaben Sanjaybhai Pandya - Vadhwan
Darshitaben Parasbhai Shah- Rajkot West
Bhanuben Manoharbhai Babria - Rajkot Rural
Geetaba Jayaraj Singh Jadeja – Gondal
Rivaba Rabindrasingh Jadeja- Jamnagar North
Darshanaben Deshmukh Vasava- Nadond
Sangitaben Patil – Limbayat
Payalben Manojbhai Kukrai- Naroda
Kanchanben Vinubhai Raddia – Thakkarbapanagar
Nimishaben Manharbhai Dindor- Morwahd
Manishaben Rajivbhai Lawyer – Vadodara
Bhikhiben Garwant Singh – Baid
Darshanaben Vaghela - Asarwa

In this list of women candidates, Rivaba, wife of India's star cricketer Ravindra Jadeja has also made it to the list. She was given a ticket from Jamnagar North.

Rivaba Jadeja joined the BJP three years ago and has been active in social work for a long time. In 2016, Rivaba married Ravindra Jadeja. She was the leader of Karni Sena, a Rajput community organisation. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

It is believed that Ravindra Jadeja could also contribute to the election campaign of his wife. He is currently running out of Team India due to injury.

The 33-year-old all-rounder took part in the Asia Cup. He has been out of the Indian team since August-2022. He was to be selected for the T20 World Cup but he got injured at the last moment.

Voting for the 182-member Gujarat legislative assembly will be held in two phases, December 1 and December 5, with results to be announced on December 8.