Ahmed Patel RS Poll Case: No written complaint filed against breaches, Jadeja tells High Court

Ahmedabad | Thursday | 21st March, 2019

Summary:

Jadeja, however, admitted that former Congress MLAs Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Ramsinh Parmar, C K Raulji, Raghavji Patel, Amit Chaudhary, Tejeshri Patel and Amit Chaudhary were given BJP tickets in 2017. But he denied that Tejeshri was among those who switched to the BJP during the RS elections. Pointing out the lack of written complaints, Ahmed Patel’s representatives said that “such details have been provided only much later in the affidavit”. AdvertisingDuring cross-examination, when Advocate Naik told Jadeja that “you have made a false affidavit so as to save Balwantsinh Rajput,” the latter denied the allegation. Jadeja attested this statement to be true, although he mentioned, “I’ve written (about these two particular candidates’ election day breaches) in my affidavit.” The Election Commission guidelines stipulate that complaints regarding the poll process breach must be filed in a written format..