The BJP's Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha seat after the Congress candidate's nomination was rejected and eight others withdrew their nomination forms.
Days ahead of the second Kshatriya convention, Gujarat BJP chief C R Paatil said the community has assured its support for the BJP despite its anger against Union minister Parshottam Rupala.
The Khanpur karyalay in JP Chowk, which today houses the BJP's Ahmedabad city unit, is believed to be “very auspicious” for the party in Gujarat since it rose to political prominence from there, the seeds of which were sown in the 1990s.
The Navsari MP also gave a detailed break-up of the number of votes and hours that each booth worker would need to put in to visit every voter five times ahead of the elections.
A Congress worker has filed a police complaint in Junagadh alleging that Rupala insulted Dalits by his utterances at a meeting of Kshatriya community members.