In BJP vs Congress, How Numbers Stack Up For Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections

Mangalore Today News Network

Ahmedabad, Aug 08, 2017: After a meeting with 44 legislators of his party at a resort in Anand, about 76 km from Ahemdabad, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said on Monday he is confident that he will be re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in elections today. Numbers show that Mr Patel’s election could be touch and go.

ahmed-patel.j "I have full confidence in my victory tomorrow(Tuesday) despite the BJP’s attempts and the numbers will surprise everyone," Mr Patel asserted at the resort, counting, "Besides the 44 Congress legislators, we have the support of Janata Dal-United, Nationalist Congress Party and Shankersinh Vaghela."

But one of the two legislators of Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party or NCP in Gujarat, Kandal Jadeja, told NDTV on Monday night that he has been asked by the party leadership to vote for the BJP.

Courtesy: NDTV

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