Khambhat Congress MLA Chirag Patel resigns

December 19, 2023

Anand: Khambhat Congress MLA Chirag Patel has tendered his resignation from the post of Member of Legislative Assembly of Gujarat after meeting the State Assembly Speaker, Shankar Chaudhary, in the state capital today.

Patel is the second MLA to resign from the state assembly within a week. Last week, Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Visavadar, Bhupat Bhayani, had resigned from the assembly.

Chirag Patel (44), a first-time MLA, had won the state assembly election last year by a margin of 3,711 votes against his BJP rival, Maheshkumar Kanaiyalal Raval. With Chirag Patel’s resignation, the 182-seat strong Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is left with 2 vacant seats, for which bypolls will probably take place along with the Lok Sabha general election next year.

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Result Status
O.S.N. Candidate Party EVM Votes Postal Votes Total Votes % of Votes
1 CHIRAGKUMAR ARVINDBHAI PATEL Indian National Congress 68642 427 69069 43.53
2 BHAILALBHAI KALUBHAI PANDAV Bahujan Samaj Party 1020 2 1022 0.64
3 MAHESHKUMAR KANAIYALAL RAVAL (MAYUR RAVAL) Bharatiya Janata Party 65073 285 65358 41.19
4 ARUNKUMAR KABHAIBHAI GOHIL Aam Aadmi Party 2468 46 2514 1.58
5 PATEL KRUNALKUMAR JASVANTBHAI Rashtriya Hind Ekta Dal 181 1 182 0.11
6 PATEL RONITKUMAR ASHOKBHAI Pachchasi Parivartan Samaj Party 196 0 196 0.12
7 AMARSINH RAMSINH ZALA (NOTARY ADVOCATE) Independent 3953 15 3968 2.5
8 AMBALIYA RANJITBHAI KEHUBHAI Independent 2574 5 2579 1.63
9 CHAUHAN MAHIPATSINH KESARISINH Independent 9454 60 9514 6
10 VISHNUBHAI RATILAL CHUNARA Independent 1039 1 1040 0.66
11 SINDHA RAJENDRASINH MAHOBATSINH (BAPU) Independent 623 4 627 0.4
12 NOTA None of the Above 2585 5 2590 1.63
Total 157808 851 158659

On this development, Gujarat Minister Rushikesh Patel said, “Not only MLAs but many workers are also leaving the vision less Congress party to join BJP which is working for nation-building. Our party (BJP) which was born from a particular ideology has never deviated from that ideology since its inception since 1950. This is why in the 21st century we can dream of reclaiming our ‘Vishwaguru’ title and become number one. This is the reason people are joining BJP”

“I do not know who is joining as of now, but our party will welcome whoever wants to take the nation forward while working with our ideology,” he added. DeshGujarat

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