Gujarat: Caste conundrum for BJP in 7 seats

Ahmedabad | Monday | 25th March, 2019

Summary:

The Thakor votes go one sided and possibly that could affect neighbouring constituency Patan too where Thakor votes are a deciding factor. The BJP leaders have been brainstorming for candidate selection on some seats inorder to get their caste combinations right. If BJP gives ticket to candidate from Chaudhary community and Congress may give ticket to a member of Thakor community. The same way, the combination of Thakor, Patel and Kshatriya community on Sabarkantha seat also have increased worries for BJP. There are five to six seats in Gujarat which have diverse caste combination..