Rajpalsinh Jadav of BJP leads with over 5 lakh votes in Panchmahal against Congress’ Gulabsinh Chauhan.

In the run-up to the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, both the Congress and the BJP were facing internal challenges and dissatisfaction among party workers regarding their respective candidates in Gujarat. 

In Panchmahal District, Congress candidate Gulabsinh Chauhan encountered scepticism and a trust deficit within his party.

Some Congress workers raised concerns from Shahera and Godhra, and they recently convened a meeting to express their opposition to Chauhan’s nomination.

Party members accused Chauhan of having close ties with the BJP and fear a potential defection back to his original party.

These apprehensions stemmed partly from his father’s political legacy, as Somsinh Chauhan was a former BJP MLA and Transport Minister who was elected from Shahera in 1995.

Despite Gulabsinh Chauhan’s representation of the Lunawada Assembly seat, the only one won by the Congress in the last elections within the Panchmahal Lok Sabha constituency, there is a palpable sense of disconnect between him and party cadres in other regions.

(With inputs from syndicated feed)