Ahmedabad: Several of the BJP MLAs in Gujarat, who have been denied a party ticket to contest the Assembly elections, have started exploring options to fight the polls and Uma Bharti's Bharatiya Janshakti (BJS) seems to have emerged as the favourite platform for them.

The BJP has declared first list of candidates for 75 constituencies for the first phase of Assembly elections on December 11, in which it has dropped 13 sitting MLAs.

Chief Minister Narendra Modi will contest the polls from Maninagar constituency. Wadhwan MLA Dhanraj Kella's (who has been denied a ticket) residence was flooded with his supporters after the news poured in that he has been dropped.

Rajkot-I MLA Tapu Limbasiya, also denied a ticket, said many MLAs are likely to fight the polls on BJS platform. "Uma Bharti's party has decided to field 60 candidates and most of them will be those shown the door by the BJP," Limbasiya said.

Source : PTI