Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress President Amit Chavda today claimed that many of the senior BJP leaders and workers also wanted to see Kunvarji Bavaliya’s defeat in the Jasdan bypoll necessitated due to his resignation.

Chavda claimed that many of the senior BJP leaders and workers were in touch with Congress to ensure defeat of Kunvarji.

He said that not only the public of Jasdan was aggrieved with Kunvarji but also many of the big BJP leaders and workers there want to ensure his defeat.

To a query about the Congress candidate for the by-poll, date of which is likely to be announced soon by the ECI, Chavda said that the selection process was on and whoever was made candidate would get full support from each and every Congress leader and worker as a family member of the party.

Notably, Bavaliya had resigned from the seat and Congress on July 3 and joined BJP and was inducted in the Vijay Rupani cabinet the same day.

He has said that in Jasdan by poll Congress would be wiped out as for the locals he was himself Congress and now that he has left the party no one cares for the Congress party.

A few days back, president of Congress ruled Jasdan Taluka Suresh Kakadiya and that of Bichhiya taluka Kadva Jograjiya had resigned and announced support for Bavliya who would be the BJP candidate during the bypoll. Both of them had alleged that Congress was neglecting long time workers.

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