The Congress and the BJP, after disseminating candidates’ names for the final phase of polling through phone calls which were later spread across social media by news outlets, finally released its list of candidates. The Congress list was declared late on Sunday night, which was congruent to all the names declared through calls.
The list mentioned 76 names, including former Congress MP from Mehsana, Jivabhai Patel who will lock horns with Deputy CM Nitin Patel for Mehsana Taluka; Jivabhai had defeated Nitin Patel in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress on Monday, declared 15 names for the final phase of polling. Five seats have been assigned to the Bharat Tribal Party. Filing of nominations for the second phase ends on Monday.
With the final list appended, the Congress has issued tickets to 12 candidates from Scheduled Tribes and 5 from Scheduled Caste communities.