AHMEDABAD: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Swarupji Thakor on Saturday won the Vav assembly seat in Gujarat, defeating Gulabsinh Rajput of the Congress in a razor-tight contest by a lead of just about 2,442 votes. Swarupji Thakor secured 92,129 votes after 24 rounds of counting against Gulabsinh Rajput of the Congress who had 89,734 votes. The BJP’s campaign was led by …
AHMEDABAD: BJP candidate Swaroopji Thakor has the last laugh in by-polls in Vav assembly constituency in North Gujarat. On one hand, Congress MP Banaskantha Geniben Thakor's political image was at stake as she had previously been elected twice from Vav constituency; she vacated the seat after getting elected to the Lok Sabha. Sources from the party said Geniben underestimated the …
Congress fielded Gulabsinh Rajput from Vav against BJP's Swarupji Thakor in the upcoming Vav assembly by-election in Gujarat. Rajput, who previously represented the Tharad Assembly seat in Banaskantha district, will contest as the INDIA bloc candidate, while the BJP has named Swarupji Thakor, a long-time party member from Banaskantha.
