Gujarat polls | BJP suspends 7 leaders for filing nominations as independents after being denied tickets
The Hindu
Several BJP leaders have come out in the open to express their unhappiness for being denied tickets and have declared to contest as independents
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat on Sunday suspended seven party leaders, including two former MLAs, for filing nominations as independent candidates for the upcoming State Assembly elections after they were denied tickets.
The seven candidates are contesting from the seats that will go to polls in the first phase of the Gujarat elections scheduled to be held on December 1.
The party suspended former MLAs Arvind Ladani, who had won from Keshod constituency in 2012, and Harshad Vasava from the Scheduled Tribe-reserved seat of Nandod, after they filed their nominations as independents from these seats.
The BJP has fielded Dr. Darshana Deshmukh from Nandod and Devabhai Malam from Keshod.
The saffron party also suspended Chhatarsinh Gunjariya, a district panchayat member from Surendranagar, after he filed his nomination as an independent from Dhrangadhra seat.
Other suspended leaders include Ketan Patel, Bharat Chavda, Uday Shah and Karan Baraiya, who have filed their nominations as independents from Pardi, Rajkot, Veraval and Rajula seats respectively.
The BJP, in a release, said, "These leaders have filed their nominations as independent candidates against the candidates declared by the party. They are being suspended on the direction of the state BJP president C.R. Paatil."
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