Jayesh Radadiya files nomination for Dhoraji seat

29-year-old Jayesh Radadiya is Congress candidate for Dhoraji assembly seat where by-election is going to be held on September 10. He rallied with supporters to local Mamlatdar office and filed his nomination on Saturday.

Jayesh Radadiya is son of Vithal Radadiya, who is a Member of Parliament with the maximum number of criminal charges in present Lok Sabha with 16 criminal cases registered against him, which includes five serious charges of rioting, dacoity, death threats and criminal intimidation.

Vithal Radadiya was last MLA from Dhoraji. He resigned after winning Porbandar Lok Sabha election early this year. In Lok Sabha elections he achieved margin of 11 476 votes over his rival BJP candidate in Dhoraji assembly segment.

Jayesh contested Gujarat assembly election in 2007 from Rajkot-1 Lok Sabha seat but couldn’t win. He was defeated by rival BJP candidate Govindbhai Patel with margin of 35643 votes. However his father, Vithal Radadiya, a heavy weight politician of Saurashtra was successfully re-elected from his strong hold Dhoraji seat by margin of 12386 votes, defeating rival BJP candidate Shamjibhai Khunt.