Gujarat polls: BTP founder Chhotu Vasava to file nomination from Jhagadia seat

Bharatiya Tribal Party BTP founder and MLA Chhotu Vasava on Sunday said he will file the nomination for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly election from Jhagadia seat from where the party had earlier announced the candidature of his son Mahesh VasavaChhotu Vasava could not be reached for comments after he made the announcementTomorrow Nov 14 I am going to file the nomination for the election of 152 seat number Jhagadia Assembly constituency All my workers should remain present at Jhagadia the BTP founder posted on his Twitter handle without elaboratingJhagadia seat in Narmada district is reserved for the Scheduled Tribe ST candidatesAs per a list of candidates recently released by the BTP for the December 1 and 5 state Assembly elections Mahesh Vasava the current president of the tribal party has been fielded from JhagadiaMahesh Vasava had successfully contested the 2017 state Assembly election from Dediapada seat in Narmada district This time the BTP which has pockets of influence in the adivasidominated areas of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPruled Gujarat has fielded Bahadursinh Vasava from the seatAlso Read BJP releases list of six more candidates for Gujarat pollsChhotu Vasava had won from Jhagadia seat for seven consecutive terms He was the Janata Dal United candidate for six terms till 2012 before contesting as the candidate of the BTP which he floated that yearIn the 2017 Assembly elections the BTP had won two out of three seats which it contested in alliance with the CongressChhotu Vasava had then won from Jhagadia and his son from DediapadaThe fatherson duo had abstained from voting in the June 2020 Rajya Sabha election and in December that year announced breaking of ties with the Congress in two panchayat bodies in Narmada and BharuchIn May this year the BTP founder held a joint rally with the Aam Aadmi Partys AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Bharuch and entered into an allianceThe alliance however did not workThe BTP has announced to contest all seats reserved for the ST category in the state and also other seats having sizable tribal populationOut of the total 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat 27 are reserved for the ST candidatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever