BJP Wins a By-Poll to Gujarat Assembly Seat, Now Has 112 MLAs in House
The opposition Congress saw its tally in the 182-member House declining steadily from 77 seats it had won in the assembly elections held in December 2017 to the current 65 due to defections and defeat in the by-polls held earlier.
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Ahmedabad: With its candidate winning the by-election to the Morva Hadaf assembly constituency on Sunday, the ruling BJP’s tally in the Gujarat legislative assembly has gone up to 112.
On the other hand, the opposition Congress saw its tally in the 182-member House declining steadily from 77 seats it had won in the assembly elections held in December 2017 to the current 65 due to defections and defeat in the by-polls held earlier.
BJP s tally rises to 112 in Gujarat House on bypoll win; Congress at 65
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Last Updated: May 02, 2021, 08:42 PM IST
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At the same time, the BJP s number rose from 99 seats it had won in 2017 to the current 112 due to victories in by-elections, mainly necessitated due to resignations by MLAs of the Congress.
With its candidate winning the byelection to the Morva Hadaf Assembly constituency on Sunday, the ruling BJP s tally in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly has gone up to 112. On the other hand, the opposition Congress saw its tally in the 182-member House declining steadily from 77 seats it had won in the Assembly elections held in December 2017 to the current 65 due to defections and defeat in the bypolls held earlier.
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SURAT/GANDHINAGAR: Senior BJP member and Bharuch MP Mansukh Vasava resigned from the party on Tuesday citing personal and health reasons, just days after he wrote to the Prime Minister seeking withdrawal of a notification declaring 121 villages of Narmada district an ‘eco-sensitive zone’.
He had expressed apprehension and concern that the tribal population of the district would lose employment opportunities due to the notification.
His resignation is likely to adversely affect BJP’s fortunes in the upcoming local body polls in the tribal belt, where Chhotu Vasava’s Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) and AIMIM have already struck an alliance. In his letter to Gujarat party chief CR Paatil, Vasava wrote, “I thank the BJP high command and the party for giving me all that I could handle. I have been loyal to the party always. I am a human being and mistakes happen. I have resigned from the party so my mistake does not harm it. I beg that the party forgives me and I wi