Summary:
The BJP declared its list of candidates for the Godhra municipality on Thursday.
The party has fielded candidates on all the four seats in six wards of the municipality thus contesting only 24 of the 44 seats in the civic body.
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The BJP declared its list of candidates for the Godhra municipality on Thursday.
The party has fielded candidates on all the four seats in six wards of the municipality thus contesting only 24 of the 44 seats in the civic body.
The BJP has been traditionally fielding candidates only in the six wards that are dominated by voters from the majority community.
In the remaining five wards, dominated by the minority community, winning candidates have been contesting as independents.
The BJP has not fielded any candidate from the minority community despite their sizeable the population of in Godhra.
The BJP has been getting a majority in the board with the support of the independent corporators from the minority community.
On some occasions, even independents have managed to get the seat of the municipality president.
The party this time is stuck with the policy of not giving tickets to relatives of party leaders on important positions.
The only exceptions were sons of two former corporators who were given tickets.