For Congress, the next shock may come from Surat
November 06, 2012
Surat, 6 November 2012
And now Congress should be ready for a shocker from Surat.
Senior Congress leader, a businessman and Koli community bigwig Chandrakant Pithawala, son of a veteran Congress leader Chhotubhai Pithawala is all set to join BJP.
Pithawala met Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and expressed his desire to join BJP.
Pithawala contested Lok Sabha elections in 2004 from Surat and Assembly elections in 2007 from Botad on Congress ticket.
Pithawala said he is not keen to contest the election this time, but during his talk to Modi he requested to give a ticket to his friend in Surat and promised to make him victorious.
Pithawala said he is ready to resign from Congress party.
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