Traditionally a Congress bastion, Banaskantha was engulfed by the Modi wave in the 2013 Lok Sabha by-election and continues to remain with the party. BJP has fielded Rekha Chaudhary, granddaughter of Banas Dairy founder Galba Chaudhary. A mathematics professor herself, Rekha s husband Hitesh Chaudhary has been associated with BJP for some time and known to be close to Gujarat Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary.