Summary:
A controversy has erupted after Congress turncoat Dhavalsinh Zala's posters declaring him as the BJP candidate for Bayad Assembly constituency went viral on social media, even before the saffron party could officially declare its candidates for the six Assembly seats going to polls. Apparently, Zala, a popular Thakor community leader, had won the Bayad seat in Aravalli district on a Congress ticket during the 2017 Assembly elections. However, he along with Alpesh Thakor, switched sides and jumped to BJP after tendering resignations to Assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi on July 5. The poster also contains a BJP logo along that with of Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena. Two prospective candidates will be chosen for each of the six Assembly seats based on the feedback of the party's grassroots workers..