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Two BJP rebels, both pledging to back it if they win and both contesting as independents, are going head to head in this assembly segment, their very support queering the pitch for the ruling party’s official candidate.
Two BJP rebels, both pledging to back it if they win and both contesting as independents, are going head to head in this assembly segment, their very support queering the pitch for the ruling partys official candidate.That six-time BJP legislator Madhu Shrivastav, who was replaced by the partys Vadodara district president Ashwin Patel, is one of them makes the saffron partys road to victory in this keenly watched constituency a steeper uphill trudge.Against Shrivastav, whose exclusion from the BJPs electoral fray was a surprise for many, is Dharmendra Sinh Vaghela.
Several saffron party leaders have come out in open to express their unhappiness for being denied tickets and have declared to contest as independents
Madhubhai Shrivastav, a local strongman-politician who was once named in a 2002 Gujarat riots case, says "only Delhi decides the tickets"
Gujarat Assembly elections: While some of these disgruntled leaders have stated that they will consult their supporters before taking any further action, former BJP MLA and the party's well-known tribal face Harshad Vasava already filed his nomination papers as an independent from the Nandod seat.