The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its fifth list of 13 candidates, who shall contest for the second phase…
Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: SNS)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its fifth list of 13 candidates, who shall contest for the second phase of Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017.
On 17 November, BJP released its the first list and declared its 70 candidates. 49 sitting MLAs were retained on this list. The second list saw 36 candidates’ names with 19 new faces in it, however, 12 sitting MLAs, including one minister, were not given tickets in the list.
On 20 November, the party released its third list with the names of 28 candidates. Surprisingly, the list did not have the name of senior leader and spokesperson IK Jadeja, who seemed hopeful to get a ticket for Dhrangadhra constituency.
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In his place, the list included the name of Jayarambhai Dhanjibhai Sonagra, who will contest in Jadeja’s place from the Dhrangadhra constituency.
On 21 November, BJP released its fourth list with only one name, Piyushbhai Desai, as their nominee from Navsari.
BJP’s fifth list:
1) Dhanera constituency : Mavji Desai
2) Patan constituency: Ranchhod Desai
3) Kadi constituency: Karsan Solanki
4) Nadiad constituency: Pankaj Desai
5) Unjha constituency: Naran Lallu Patel
6) Idar constituency: Hitu Kanodia
7) Dhandhuka constituency: Kalu Dabhi
8) Kalol constituency: Suman Chauhan
9) Vadgam constituency: Vijay Chakrvarti
10) Mansa constituency: Amit Chaudhry
11)Vijapur constituency: Ramanbhai Patel
12)Dahegam constituency: Balrajsinh Chauhan
13) Thakkarbapanagar constituency: Vallabhai Kakadiya
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