Gandhinagar: Gujarat Congress’s sitting MLA Niranjan Patel has been defeated by rival BJP candidates in two seats of Petlad municipality. Congress MLA was himself a candidate on two seats in regular election of Petlad municipality in Central Gujarat. He has been defeated in both ward number 3 and 5.

Nikunj, a niece of Congress MLA Punam Parmar has lost election in Tarapur seat of district panchayat. Punam Parmar’s son Vijay has lost Taluka panchayat seat in Tarapur taluka election.

Yash Kotwal, son of Congress MLA Ashwin Kotwal has lost Chitariya seat of Vijaynagar Taluka panchayat. Yash was president of this Taluka panchayat previously. Ashiwn Kotwal is whip of Congress party in the State assembly.

Another Congress MLA Vikram Madam’s son has lost election in Devbhumi Dwarka district panchayat election.

Congress MLA Punja Vansh’s son has also lost local election.

Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) chief Chhotu Vasava’s son Dilip Vasava has lost local election against Padmaben Vasavay by margin of around 2,000 votes.

Senior Congress leader and former Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, Arjun Modhwadia’s brother Ramdev Modhwadia has also lost local election in Porbandar district.

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