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.
Stating that the Assembly Speaker ceases to be a member of any political party from the day he is appointed to the post and hence, cannot canvass for any party, the Congress, in a complaint dated April 11, accused Shankar Chaudhary of campaigning for BJP candidate Rekha Chaudhary at Vav and Tharad in Banaskantha.