Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 28 (ANI): Former Gujarat Minister Jay Narayan Vyas on Monday joined the Congress at their get together workplace in Ahmedabad.
Vyas’ son Sameer Vyas additionally joined the Mallikarjun Kharge-led Congress in Ahmedabad.
Whereas the father-son duo switched from BJP to Congress, they have been felicitated by get together president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Vyas give up the BJP on November 5 citing private causes.
He additionally mentioned in a dialog with ANI on the day of his quitting the get together that for a while, particularly in Patan district, folks sitting within the group are desirous of preventing elections and are indulging in factionalism. “They’re concentrating on leaders one after the other with the intention to take away and substitute them,” he added.
Vyas had mentioned beforehand that he would contest the election from Sidhpur however didn’t need to combat as an “impartial candidate”.
“I’ll combat the election from Sidhpur however don’t need to combat it as an impartial candidate. If there is no such thing as a possibility left then I’d combat an impartial candidate in any other case I’ll type an alliance with any get together I like,” he mentioned additional.
The BJP, which is in search of its seventh time period in workplace in Gujarat, has denied tickets to 42 sitting MLAs.
The get together additionally introduced its massive first chunk of 160 candidates and noticed 38 sitting MLAs being dropped. Later, the ruling get together additionally introduced three extra lists of candidates for the remaining Meeting seats.
A number of get together bigwigs, together with former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, former deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel and get together chief Patil had expressed the will to not contest the upcoming elections.
Within the 2017 Gujarat polls, the BJP’s tally halted at 99 seats out of a complete of 182 seats. The get together has been in energy for the final 27 years with Narendra Modi being the longest-serving chief minister of the state.
This time, the get together below the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union House Minister Amit Shah and CR Paatil is aiming at getting its highest seat tally exceeding 140.
The state has been a BJP stronghold for an extended and the get together has set its sights on returning to energy for the seventh time period. PM Modi has been Gujarat’s longest-serving chief minister from 2001 until 2014.
Nonetheless, it faces a stiff electoral problem from the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP), which has named Isudan Gadhvi as its chief ministerial candidate.
Congress can be hoping to place its finest electoral foot ahead to unseat the BJP authorities.
Gujarat, having 182 meeting constituencies, will go for polling in two phases on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes will happen on December 8, which coincides with Himachal Pradesh’s outcome date. (ANI)
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