Congress appoints observers for upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections

AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik will be the party observer for the South zone while Mohan Prakash will oversee the polls in the Saurashtra zone.

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New Delhi: The Congress on Monday (November 14, 2022) appointed a host of observers to oversee the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections. The party appointed five zonal observers and 32 observers in each of the 32 Lok Sabha constituencies and five other observers. AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik will be the party observer for the South zone headquartered in Surat while Mohan Prakash will oversee the polls in the Saurashtra zone and will be headquartered at Rajkot.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan will be positioned at Baroda and oversee the polls for the central region and BK Hariprasad will look after the North zone and will be headquartered at Ahmedabad.

Congress leader KH Muniappa will be the fifth zonal observer.

અખિલ ભારતીય રાષ્ટ્રીય કોંગ્રેસ તરફથી નવનિયુકત તમામ ઝોનલ, લોકસભા અને અન્ય નિરીક્ષકોને ખુબ ખુબ અભિનંદન pic.twitter.com/DVz0oSjy8G — Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 14, 2022

The Congress is seeking to oust the BJP from power in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi where the saffron party has been in power for more than two decades.

Elections for the 182-member Gujarat Assembly will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5.

The counting of votes will be taken up on December 8.