PM unlikely to contest Lok Sabha polls from Vadodara, says BJP leader; party yet to decide Surat candidate
Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to contest election from Vadodra is spite of the demands from the BJP's Gujarat unit, a party leader said
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Modi is unlikely to contest election from Vadodra is spite of the demands from the BJP's Gujarat unit
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Modi had won from Vadodara and Varanasi in 2014 and chose to retain the latter
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Party sources refuted rumours that Modi was going to contest from Surat
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to contest election from Vadodra is spite of the demands from the BJP's Gujarat unit, a party leader here has said.
Modi had won from Vadodara and Varanasi in 2014 and chose to retain the latter.
File image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ANI
As BJP president Amit Shah will be contesting from Gandhinagar, the chances of another national-level leader contesting from the state are very slim, a state BJP leader said on the condition of anonymity. "I do not think that they will field two national leaders from one state. There is no chance of Modi fighting from a seat in Gujarat," the BJP leader said.
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State BJP leaders have requested Modi to contest from Gujarat to boost party workers' morale, especially in the aftermath of the 2017 Assembly elections when the Congress managed to restrict the BJP to 99 seats, lowest in two decades, and increased its own tally by 16 seats to 77 in the 182-member Legislative Assembly.
Till Tuesday, rumours were doing rounds in BJP circles that Modi was going to contest from Surat, but party sources said it was not true. The BJP is yet to declare its candidate from Surat.
Gujarat will vote on 23 April. The last date of filing nominations is 4 April.
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