What did BJP leader CR Patil say?
Reportedly former congress mla Chirag patel on sunday joined the ruling bjp in the state in the presence of bharatiya janata party (BJP) gujarat unit chief CR Paatil. patel, who became the first-time mla from Khambhat seat in anand district, resigned from the membership of the state assembly on december 14, 2023, citing disappointment with the working style of the congress leadership and alleging factionalism in the state unit of the party. Was. In the december 2022 state assembly elections, patel defeated BJP's Mayur Rawal by a nominal margin of 4,000 votes.
Meanwhile patel joined bjp along with a large number of his supporters in a program organized in Khambhat on Sunday. In his speech, Patil hinted that patel could be the bjp candidate for the by-election to be held on the Khambhat seat. After Patel's resignation, it has become necessary to hold by-election on this seat. Earlier in the day, around 2,500 congress workers, including sarpanches and booth level workers of Borsad assembly constituency, joined the bjp in the presence of Patil in Borsad, anand district. Before joining the party, patel said that bjp is his gotra and he has decided to join the party unconditionally only for the welfare of his constituency.
Moreover the bjp state chief said that its promise of winning all 182 seats could not be fulfilled in the 2022 assembly elections as some seats were lost by small margins. He called upon the workers to do the same in the next assembly elections.