BJP wins Surat seat unopposed, Congress candidate nomination rejected

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mukesh Dalal has been elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha seat. Actually, the nomination of the Congress candidate has been rejected while other candidates have withdrawn their nominations.

Gujarat Congress chief Shaktisinh Gohil alleged that the nomination papers of the Surat Lok Sabha candidate were rejected at the behest of the BJP.

In Surat Lok Sabha seat, seven of the eight candidates, including independents, withdrew their forms.