Surat, 5 March 2014

Surat BJP president Purnesh Modi and 21 others from party today met BJP observers Mangu Patel, Geetaben Nayak and Shankar Chaudhary and demanded that Narendra Modi should contest from Surat seat. BJP has been victorious on this seat for last seven terms. Present MP Darshna Jardosh was picked up by party in 2009 for first time candidature. The last Gujarati prime minister in India was Morarji Desai, and he had also contested from Surat.

Those who demanded party ticket
Darshna Jardosh(sitting MP)
Kanu Mavani
Raju Desai
KK Rakholia
Shankar Chevli
Harsukh Akbari
Varsha Rana
Nilesh Mandlewala
Asmita Shirocha
Lalit Vekaria