Vaghela couldn’t cast vote, BJP files complaint against Solanki for model code violation

Gandhinagar

Leader of opposition in Gujarat assembly, Shankersinh Vaghela could not cast his vote in Panchayat election today because polling was not conducted on the seat in Randheja under Gandhinagar taluka panchayat of which he is a voter as it has been won unopposed by a candidate of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP).

In another development, a complaint of the violation of model code of conduct against state congress president Bharatsinh Solanki has been made in the state election commission by the ruling BJP for allegedly showing his party sign (hand) after casting his vote at a booth in Vedarada village under Borsad taluka of Anand district.

State Congress Spokesperson Manish Doshi said that senior party leader Ahmed Patel cast his vote at a booth in Piramal village of Bharuch district while Siddharth Patel exercised his franchise in Dabhoi of Vadodara. Former congress president Arjun Modhvadiya cast his vote in Modhvada village of Porbandar district.

‘Shankarsinh Ji could not cast his vote as his was an unopposed seat while Shaktisinh Gohil was a urban voter in Gandhinagar,’ the party spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, from the ruling party, union minister of Agriculture for state Mohan Kundaria and Gujarat minister of state for home Rajni Patel, Forest minister Mangubhai Patel, Panchayat minister Jayanti Kavadiya, Education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma were some of the prominent early voters in their respective local body areas.

– DeshGujarat