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The Congress on Tuesday continued to lose leaders in Gujarat as five-time Lok Sabha MP and outgoing Rajya Sabha member Naran Rathwa, his son Sangramsinh, and Ahmedabad Congress leader Dharmendra Patel were among several who joined the BJP at an event in Gandhinagar. In the last two months, the Congress has lost MLA Chirag Patel and Assembly chief whip C J Chavda to the ruling party.
ISLAMIC CLERIC Mufti Salman Azhari, who had been granted bail in cases related to allegedly provocative speeches registered by Ahmedabad police, was arrested by the Vadodara Police Thursday night after the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA) was invoked against him. He was moved to Vadodara Central Jail amid heavy security measures on account of his many followers who had gathered outside the prison.
Opposition strength, already at a historic low in the Gujarat Assembly, is further enervated as the month-long Budget Session begins February 1. With the resignation of Dharmendrasinh Vaghela, who had won the Waghodia seat in Vadodara as a rebel BJP candidate as an Independent, as an MLA, the strength of the members in the Gujarat Assembly is down to 178 out of 182, with 156 of the BJP.
Chatursinh Javanji Chavda, popularly known as C J Chavda, tendered his resignation as an MLA of Gujarat Assembly to Speaker Shankar Chaudhary on Friday. The development comes as a big jolt to the Congress in Gujarat, which is already facing a raft of defections.
Senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia’s statement criticising his party for taking a “political decision” to skip the Ram Temple inauguration in Ayodhya on January 22 has caused embarrassment for the party, which has been struggling in state politics for many years.