Just three days after the Gujarat Assembly elections were out, there were rumours that one of the AAP MLAs is joining the ruling BJP on Sunday.There were also claims that three independents MLAS too may extend support to the BJP.The BJP won a .
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years, retained power for another five-year term, winning an unprecedented 156 of the 182 seats in the state legislative assembly in the elections held in two phases on December 1 and 5.
Nineteen BJP leaders are contesting either as Independents or on the Congress symbol in the Gujarat Assembly elections, after officially an effort was made to convince them to withdraw, but there was no arm-twisting or pressure to make retire from the race.
After Himachal, Gujarat too sees large number of rebel BJP candidates; number of those suspended hits 19, meaning rebellion on around 10 per cent of the seats