Today is the last day of verification of forms for the local body elections: Candidates will withdraw their forms on April 14 and 15.

The BJP, the Congress and the AAP have started campaigning for the elections to 15 municipal corporations, 34 district panchayats, 84 municipalities and 260 taluka panchayats in the state. On the last day of scrutiny of nomination forms, there may be a scorching heat. In the meantime, the cancellation of the form can also create a huge uproar among the candidates. However, the nomination forms will be withdrawn by the candidates after the completion of form verification. In the meantime, many candidates will try their best to withdraw the form to the rival candidates. After the last day of withdrawal of nomination forms on April 15, it will be clear how many candidates will be in the fray. BJP launches election campaign in 15 municipal corporations On Sunday, April 12, BJP candidates kicked off their election campaign with a simultaneous 'Jan Seva Sankalp' programme in 15 municipal corporations. All the BJP candidates took a pledge to serve the people without any discrimination of caste, creed and religion. The Chief Minister administered the pledge to 192 candidates at Kankaria in Ahmedabad. Later, Bhupendra Patel also posed for a photo with all the workers. Event in Rajkot in the presence of Gujarat state BJP president Gujarat state BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma was also present at the Jan Seva Sankalp programme at the multi-storey Bhavan Chowk in Rajkot. Old jogis including Govind Patel, Nitin Bhardwaj were also present here. A total of 72 BJP candidates and workers from 18 wards of Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) took a pledge to serve the people. 'Police are intimidating AAP candidates at the behest of BJP' In Surat, the political mercury heated up amid the atmosphere of the municipal elections. AAP MLA Gopal Italia made serious allegations against the police administration and said that the police are intimidating AAP candidates and workers at the behest of the BJP. They were first lured with money to withdraw the form and were pressured if they did not comply. Claiming an alliance between the BJP and the Congress, Italia said that the Congress has fielded candidates in 200 seats at the behest of the BJP who will only work to split the votes of the Opposition.