AMC election: Modi, Advani, Jaitley, Amit Shah among voters
November 06, 2015
Ahmedabad
Polling for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) will be held on 22nd of November, and while this is just another civic election, the list of VIP voters in this election includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, national president of India’s ruling political party Bharatiya Janata Party Shri Amit Shah, Union Finance and Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley among others.
It is yet not clear who among these dignitaries will actually come to Ahmedabad on polling day to caste their votes. 22nd of November will be the 11th day of Gujarati new year which begins on the next day of Diwali as per the Gujarati Hindu Virkam Samvat calendar.
The state election commission considers Prime Minister, Chief Minister, former ministers, MPs, Secretaries, Judges, industrialists, Padma award winners and others as VIP voters. The city of Ahmedabad has 2000 such voters.
– DeshGujarat
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