Isudan Gadhvi was named the Aam Aadmi Party’s nominee for chief minister in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections on Friday with his old video viral on Twitter
The former news presenter, a well-known figure in the state, has been given the task of guiding AAP’s campaign to success.
When Isudan Gadhvi AAP Gujarat CM Face Was Arrested For Allegedly Drinking Alcohol And Harassing Women, Video Goes Viral On Twitter
Ladies & Gentleman, Presenting Isudan Gadhvi, Aam Aadmi Party's Chief Ministerial Candidate in Gujarat!! pic.twitter.com/RVBH7fnyIf
— Priti Gandhi – प्रीति गांधी (@MrsGandhi) November 4, 2022
गुजरात आप के मुख्यमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार @isudan_gadhvi शराब के नशे में लड़कियों से छेड़खानी करते पकड़े गए थे। pic.twitter.com/mPRLcttoio
— Prashant Umrao (@ippatel) November 4, 2022
While Gadhvi enjoys the support of a sizable portion of the state’s population, he has also generated some controversy.
Gadhvi was detained in January on suspicion of drinking alcohol. Gujarat is a dry state where alcohol is not permitted. According to the FIR, the AAP leader had blood alcohol levels of 0.0545% (weight by volume). Gadhvi refuted the accusation, claiming that the forensic report may have been falsified at the BJP’s request and offering to submit to a lie detector test to demonstrate his teetotalism.
He has never drunk alcohol or even had contact with it. His own report is being questioned. How can the blood report be positive when my breath analyzer result was negative? Additionally, He is prepared to take my lie detector exam, he informed reporters.
AAP leaders and supporters protested at the BJP’s state office in Ahmedabad on December 20 of last year over a paper leak controversy. The employees of the two parties got into a fight. A BJP activist claimed that Gadhvi and several AAP leaders molested her when she was intoxicated. He was taken by the police for a physical test at Gandhinagar’s Civil Hospital.
What charges has been made against Gadhvi?
A complaint was filed against Gadhvi under section 66 (1)B [which makes anyone subject to penalty upon conviction for the offence of “drinking, using, having, or conveying any intoxicant or hemp]] after the alcohol test proved positive on December 30”] Article 85 (1) [presumed to have drunk alcohol or any other sedative “for the purpose of intoxication and not for a medicinal reason”] of the Gujarat Prohibition Act and other laws, until the contrary is established.
A few days later, he was taken into custody, and hours later, he was freed on bond. Court proceedings are still ongoing.