New Delhi: Uncertainty continued to shroud the candidature of Haren Pandya, senior
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and detractor of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra
Modi, on November 23 as the party failed to decide on his renomination but put up
former state Bajrang Dal chief Hareshbhai Bhatt for sensitive Godhra constituency.
The name of Pandya, who had contested from Ellisbridge constituency last time, did
not figure in the fourth list of 11 candidates released by BJP general secretary
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on November 23 night.
The party, however, decided to field Bhatt as its candidate for Godhra, putting an
end to the tussle between him and former BJP MP Gopalsinh Solanki for the
seat.
With this list, the party has finalised candidates for 178 seats in the 182-member
Assembly.
In Ahmedabad, Pandya sought to derive comfort saying that no other name has so far
been declared for Ellisbridge.
PTI
