Gujarat by-polls: BJP releases candidate list, Alpesh Thakor included
BJP released the list of candidates for the Gujarat by-polls which includes the names of multiple former INC MLAs including Alpesh Thakor. Polls will be Oct 21.
Former Congress MLAs, including Alpesh Thakor, were named by the BJP as its candidates for by-polls in Gujarat on Sunday as it announced names of its 38 nominees for assembly by-elections to be held across several states on October 21.
Joins BJP
Thakor, who was elected on a Congress ticket in 2017 and resigned as MLA to join the BJP, will contest from Radhanpur, the seat he had won. Another Congress defector, Dhavalsinh Narendrasinh Zala, will contest from Bayad on BJP ticket. The central election committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finalized the names, it said in a statement.
Of the 38 Assembly seats, 10 are in Uttar Pradesh, six in Gujarat, five in Kerala, four in Assam, two each in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Sikkim and one each in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana.
Election date
Bypolls will be held for 51 Assembly seats on October 21, along with the state elections in Haryana and Maharashtra. The BJP is likely to name the candidates for the remaining seats soon, it said.
Published By : Press Trust Of India
Published On: 30 September 2019 at 06:43 IST