10 candidates in fray for Vav by-election on November 13

Even though the bypoll is being viewed arsenic a pugnacious contention predominantly betwixt Congress’s campaigner Gulabsinh Rajput, an precocious caste, and BJP’s Swarupji Thakor, an OBC, insiders said that the ruling enactment is acrophobic astir Mavjibhai, an Anjana Patel, eating into the BJP’s ballot stock among the Chaudhary community.

Mavji, who has a sizeable power implicit the Chaudhary assemblage to which helium belongs, was elected to Janata Dal from Vav-Tharad spot successful 1990.

While determination are already talks astir Shankar Chaudhary’s apt lack from October 4 to 8, Geniben is slated to motorboat her run for Gulabsinh Rajput starting Thursday.

The Speaker, accompanied by Congress’s Danilimda MLA Shailesh Parmar and BJP’s Mandvi MLA Aniruddh Dave arsenic observers, volition correspond Gujarat successful the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association gathering to beryllium held astatine Sydney, Australia, from November 3 to 8.

On November 2, Chaudhary volition be a New Year ‘Sneh Milan’ successful his constituency Tharad successful Banaskantha.

One campaigner — Chetankumar Oza — is contesting from Bharatiya Jan Parishad, which is besides abbreviated arsenic BJP.

The verification of the candidatures was carried retired connected October 28 portion the deadline for withdrawal of information papers ended Wednesday.

As connected October 15, a full of 3,10,681 voters are acceptable to ballot astatine a full 321 polling stations successful Vav assembly constituency.

BJP campaigner Thakor is simply a seasoned from Banaskantha who fought against Congress’s Geniben successful the 2022 Assembly elections from the Vav constituency. Thakor, however, mislaid to Geniben by a borderline of 15,601 votes.

Rajput is simply a Kshatriya, and helium volition beryllium contesting a spot seen arsenic dominated by the Thakors, some being OBC candidates — a class that comprises much than 18% of the constituency’s votes. Rajput had won the assembly predetermination to the Tharad constituency successful 2019, serving 1 term.

The by-election volition beryllium important for the Congress which mislaid its presumption arsenic person of Opposition successful the 2022 Gujarat Assembly elections, winning lone 17 of 182 seats it contested on with state Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) successful its worst show successful the state.