Godhra: Former Lok Sabha member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prabhatsinh Chauhan today rejoined the main opposition Congress party at Fagvel in a function to mark the start of Congress’s one of five Parivartan Sankalp Yatras.

Prabhatsinh was upset with BJP since 2017 when BJP denied a ticket to his wife from Kalol assembly seat in Panchmahal district. The party had instead given a ticket to his daughter from Kalol seat. Prabhatsinh had threatened to contest as independent if his wife was not given a ticket. Prabhatsinh was elected from the Kalol seat as Congress MLA during 1980-85. He was denied a ticket from Congress in 1985. He had joined BJP in 1991 after the Godhra Madresa riots in which Hindu teachers were killed. He was enrolled in BJP in 1992 by then Gujarat BJP chief Shankersinh Vaghela. He had contested from Kalol seat in 1995. He had won from Kalol as MLA in 1998, 2002 and he was made Minister of State too in Modi led Govt. In 2009 and 2014 he won the Lok Sabha election from the Pamchnahal seat.

Prabhatsinh’s daughter-in-law, Sumanben Chauhan is BJP MLA from Kalol seat. Prabhatsinh was dropped and not given BJP ticket to contest from Panchmahal seat in 2019 Lok Sabha election. Prabhatsinh had threatened to contest as independent, but later dropped the plan after he was convinced by BJP.

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