GUJARAT NORMALLY SEES two parties dominate electoral politics, with smaller parties standing little chance. So the entry of Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen is being keenly watched. The AIMIM has joined hands with Chhotu Vasava’s Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) for the civic polls. And, the response to Owaisi’s rallies in Bharuch and Ahmedabad was good, considering that these were one of the first rallies post the Covid-19 peak in Gujarat.
The pandemic delayed the polls from December. Elections to the municipal corporations of Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Jamnagar, and Bhavnagar—all controlled by the BJP—will be held on February 21. And, 31 district panchayats, 231 taluka panchayats, and 81 municipalities will go to the polls on February 28. The results of the civic corporation polls were to be announced on February 23, but Congress moved the High Court requesting that they be declared only after February 28.
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