In Sabarkantha, it's Congress versus former Congress leader's wife
Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency will vote to choose between a former Union minister of state and a schoolteacher who resigned recently to step into active politics. The fight here is between Congress' Tushar Chaudhary, son of former Gujarat chief minister Amarsinh Chaudhary and a former Union minister of state and the BJP's Shobhna Baraiya, wife of former Prantij MLA Mahendrasinh Baraiya, who joined the BJP from the Congress in 2022.
The BJP had first fielded Bhikaji Damor, but replaced him with Baraiya following a controversy over his caste identity. This had triggered a major resentment among BJP workers in the constituency, as the perceived «outsider» thwarted the aspirations of many who have been with the party «all their lives», Damor included. The Meghraj town had shut down for a day in Damor's support, even as workers blocked the roads in several places in the Aravalli district. But those issues were dealt with by the BJP.
At a roadside makeshift stall selling cold drinks, Pragnesh Bhoi, in his twenties, nurses no confusion. «We are kattar (fanatic) Hindus. Man or woman, it's BJP all the way,» he said.
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