Of the 27 seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Gujarat, the Bharatiya Janata. Party seems to be inching ahead in Jhagadia where the party is giving a tough contest to veteran tribal leader and founder of the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) Chhotu Vasava. With counting for the 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat on Thursday coming to an end, the seven-time MLA lost Jhagadia seat in Bharuch district. The former MLA secured바카라 웹사이트33.64 percent votes while BJP secured over 45 percent of the votes, marking a first victory in the seat after decades.
Chhotu Vasava was in바카라 웹사이트contest with바카라 웹사이트his former바카라 웹사이트aide and BJP candidate Ritesh Vasava, who was ahead by over 6,000 votes after three rounds.바카라 웹사이트Ritesh worked with Chhotu Vasava for two decades before switching loyalties to BJP.
High drama ensued in Jhagadia ahead of the elections when the 78-year-old Chhotu Vasava, formerly with the JD(U),바카라 웹사이트contested this seat as an independent candidate this time after his son Mahesh Vasava entered the fray as the BTP candidate. Mahesh later바카라 웹사이트withdrew his candidature from the seat. Mahesh's candidacy from Jhagadia instead of his usual seat Dediapada was itself seen as a consequence of Aam Aadmi Party's entry into tribal areas. The party fielded veteran Adivasi leader and former BTP leader Chaitar Vasava from Dediapada.
Nevertheless, in Jhagadia, Chhotu Vasava has firmly held sway irrespective of which party comes to powerin the state,바카라 웹사이트contesting either as an independent or a candidate of Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United) or the BTP.바카라 웹사이트
In the past three decades, the Congress as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have ended up as runners-up in the battle against Chhotu Vasava. The Congress had won this seat, reserved for the tribal community, in 1985 - nearly four decades back.바카라 웹사이트
In an interview with 바카라, Chootu Vasava said that both the BJP and Congress had exploited the tribal vote for decades. However, the party which had previously entered into an alliance with AAP before their relations soured ahead of elections, also blamed Kejriwal's entry into the poll fray. "AAP is BJP's B-Team," the BTP patriarch had claimed ahead of polling in Bharuch.바카라 웹사이트
While he accused the Congress, which has traditionally ruled in tribal seats,바카라 웹사이트of being incompetent, Chootu Vasava claimed hat the "Hindutva" plank of the saffron party has been working in rural areas. He also said that the AAP was "buying" tribal leaders formerly associated with parties like the BTP.바카라 웹사이트
The AAP, however, has accused BTP of breaking its alliance with it after pressure from the BJP.바카라 웹사이트
The Jhagadia seat has turned into a prestige battle for the BJP which put all its might behind campaigning for its candidate. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi themselves바카라 웹사이트canvassed for Ritesh Vasava, indicating the significance the saffron party had attached to this seat.바카라 웹사이트
While the Congress had fielded Fatehsinhbhai Vasava, from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Urmila Bhagat was in the fray.
The tribal-dominated seat from Bharuch district has 2,58,955 voters.
(With inputs from PTI)
