Campaign for Gujarat local polls 2021 ends; polling on Sunday

Gandhinagar: The campaign for elections of six municipal corporations – Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar and by-polls of two vacant seats of Junagadh Municipal Corporation in Gujarat concluded today at 5 pm. Polling will take place on February 21 during 7 am to 6 pm. Counting will take place on February 23. All six municipal corporations were previously ruled by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with clear majority. On the last day of the campaign, two main political parties BJP and Congress and new smaller parties like AAP and AIMIM organized rallies using open jeeps and bikes. Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil led over twenty km long road show in Eastern parts of Ahmedabad city where the party has announced ambitious goal of victory on 175 seats. The State will on Sunday witnessed the first phase of local polls. The results of the first phase are likely to influence polling in the second phase which shall cover the elections of municipalities, taluka and district panchayats. DeshGujarat