BTP and NCP MLAs would also vote for us in RS polls, all the 3 BJP candidates will comfortably win: Rupani

Gandhinagar: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani today claimed that the MLAs of Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the state would vote for the all 3 BJP candidates in the March 26 RS polls.

Talking to newsmen Rupani said that the writing on the wall was pretty clear that all the three BJP candidates would comfortably win.

‘All our three candidates have already won. Just the formality of election is left to be done. After the resignation of the five Congress MLA’s the party facing groupism and internal factionalism has lost the number to win the two seats for which it has fielded as many candidates,’ he said.

He said that while all the BJP MLAs were moving freely, Congress has kept its MLAs in a camp in Jaipur where they were enjoying without worrying for the people of Gujarat in these trying times.

‘Congress itself has no confidence which was reflected in its discussing the possibility of withdrawal of one its two candidates. Chhotubhai Vasava led BTP and NCP MLA’s would also vote for the BJP,’ he said.

In the 182 member Gujarat assembly there were 175 MLA’s currently. In the RS polls being held for 4 seats of Gujarat, a candidate needed 35 first preference votes to win. BJP has 103 MLA’s, Congress has reduced to 68, BTP has 2, NCP 1 and one Independent as Congress supported Jignesh Mevani.

If the two BTP and one NCP MLA votes for BJP it would easily win the three seats provided it also did not face any cross voting.

BTP MLA Mahesh Vasava however today reacting to Chief Minister’s statement said BTP has not yet made up its mind on whom to support.

BJP has fielded Abhay Bhardwaj, Ramila Bara and former Deputy CM Narhari Amin while Congress has made its spokesperson and former Gujarat minister Shaktisinh Gohil and ex-union minister Bharatsinh Solanki its candidate.