Gujarat bypolls: Visavadar seat to witness three-way fight
The Hindu
Congress, BJP, and AAP gear up for bypolls in Gujarat, confident of victory in June 19 elections.
The byelections to the Visavadar Assembly seat in BJP-ruled Gujarat on June 19 is likely to be a triangular contest, with the AAP already having announced its candidate and its INDIA bloc partner Congress stating that it would go solo in the bypoll.
The Congress and BJP have expressed confidence about emerging victorious after the Election Commission on Sunday (May 25, 2025) announced the schedule for the bypolls to the Visavadar and Kadi Assembly constituencies in Junagadh and Mehsana districts, respectively.
The bypolls will be held on June 19, and the counting of votes will take place on June 23, the EC stated in a release.
The last date for filing nomination forms will be June 2, scrutiny of forms will be undertaken on June 3, and the last date to withdraw nomination is June 5, it was stated.
The AAP has already announced the candidature of Gopal Italia from the Visavadar seat, and the Congress had earlier stated that it would not be entering into an alliance and would go it alone in the bypolls.
Talking to reporters in Mehsana, Gujarat Health Minister and BJP government spokesperson Hrishikesh Patel said he is confident that the people of Gujarat will reject the Congress or any other party.
"We are going to win both seats with a lead of thousands of votes," he said.
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