Congress candidate from Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Genibe Thakor is seeking financial support from the people of the area for her election campaign expenses.
Thakore, the sitting Congress MLA from Vav in Banaskantha district, claimed that he has received an overwhelming response for crowdfunding his election campaign, including spending on his vehicle fuel and arranging public meetings.
In the last 40 days, ever since he launched his campaign, people have come forward in large numbers to donate whatever they can towards his election expenses, which amount to Rs 50 lakh, he said at a rally on Friday. Can go up to Rs.
In Banaskantha, Thakor is facing off against Bharatiya Janata Party's engineering college professor Rekh Chaudhary, who is contesting the election for the first time.
Elections for all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on May 7."I would like to thank the people of Banaskantha. In the last one month and ten days, people from all communities in 14 talukas of the district have taken the responsibility of bearing the cost of all types of works like setting up pavilions, public meetings, food And beverages,” Thakor had said at a meeting two days ago.
The Congress candidate said that the cost of diesel required for his vehicle is also being borne by the people of Banaskantha.
Notably, Congress had launched the party's "Donate for the Nation" crowdfunding campaign in December last year, asking people to join the fight against unemployment and rising costs.Thakor has also made the upcoming Lok Sabha elections a prestige issue for members of the Thakor community, to which he belongs.
She said, "If I do not win the elections this time, I will not get another chance. I have got the Lok Sabha ticket to empower the community."
In the 2012 state assembly elections, veteran BJP leader Shankar Choudhary defeated Jenniben Thakor from the Vav seat by a margin of about 12,000 votes.
Thakor had defeated Chaudhary in the 2017 assembly elections.
He won his second election in 2022 by defeating BJP's Swaroopji Thakor.Jenniben Thakor had in 2019 supported an order issued by the elders of her community of 1 village in Banaskantha district, which banned unmarried young women in inter-caste marriages from carrying mobile phones.
In 2020, he said following the alleged rape of a 14-month-old girl in Gujarat, "rapists should be burnt alive instead of being handed over to the police".
The BJP has won the Banaskantha seat three consecutive times, including in the 2013 by-election and in 1998 and 1999.
Congress won this seat in 1996, 2004 and 2009.
Thakore, the sitting Congress MLA from Vav in Banaskantha district, claimed that he has received an overwhelming response for crowdfunding his election campaign, including spending on his vehicle fuel and arranging public meetings.
In the last 40 days, ever since he launched his campaign, people have come forward in large numbers to donate whatever they can towards his election expenses, which amount to Rs 50 lakh, he said at a rally on Friday. Can go up to Rs.
In Banaskantha, Thakor is facing off against Bharatiya Janata Party's engineering college professor Rekh Chaudhary, who is contesting the election for the first time.
Elections for all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on May 7."I would like to thank the people of Banaskantha. In the last one month and ten days, people from all communities in 14 talukas of the district have taken the responsibility of bearing the cost of all types of works like setting up pavilions, public meetings, food And beverages,” Thakor had said at a meeting two days ago.
The Congress candidate said that the cost of diesel required for his vehicle is also being borne by the people of Banaskantha.
Notably, Congress had launched the party's "Donate for the Nation" crowdfunding campaign in December last year, asking people to join the fight against unemployment and rising costs.Thakor has also made the upcoming Lok Sabha elections a prestige issue for members of the Thakor community, to which he belongs.
She said, "If I do not win the elections this time, I will not get another chance. I have got the Lok Sabha ticket to empower the community."
In the 2012 state assembly elections, veteran BJP leader Shankar Choudhary defeated Jenniben Thakor from the Vav seat by a margin of about 12,000 votes.
Thakor had defeated Chaudhary in the 2017 assembly elections.
He won his second election in 2022 by defeating BJP's Swaroopji Thakor.Jenniben Thakor had in 2019 supported an order issued by the elders of her community of 1 village in Banaskantha district, which banned unmarried young women in inter-caste marriages from carrying mobile phones.
In 2020, he said following the alleged rape of a 14-month-old girl in Gujarat, "rapists should be burnt alive instead of being handed over to the police".
The BJP has won the Banaskantha seat three consecutive times, including in the 2013 by-election and in 1998 and 1999.
Congress won this seat in 1996, 2004 and 2009.
