Out of BJP’s listing, MLAs’s son to contest as unbiased

Two days after he was overlooked of the BJP’s listing of candidates, sitting corporator Dipak Shrivastav, son of Waghodia BJP MLA Madhu Shrivastav, filed his nomination Saturday as an unbiased candidate from Ward 15 of the Vadodara civic physique.
Dipak, who’s a two-term corporator, had gained the primary time period as an unbiased earlier than becoming a member of the BJP.

On the final date of the submitting of nominations, Dipak reached the election workplace together with his supporters and filed the nomination from Ward 15.
Dipak stated, “I have full faith in the people of my ward. They know I have been there with them whenever they have needed me in the past and my only aim is to serve the people. I don’t need the backing of a party to go good work.”
Madhu Shrivastav, who had hinted after the get together’s announcement of the listing of candidates February 4 that Dipak would take the path to turn into an unbiased candidate, had demanded tickets for his spouse and daughter as nicely. The father and son, have nonetheless, not but resigned from the BJP.
MLA Shrivastav, who can be the chairman of the Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd., stated, “We have full faith in the party that they will do justice to the hard work we have given to the party in every election. My son has been denied ticket on the basis of the new policy that relatives of persons holding positions will not be given preference. But the fact is that almost half the candidates are related to someone or the other.”
Dipak Shrivastav’s ticket from Ward 15 was inconceivable to start with because of the lobbying for the present candidate, Ashish Joshi, who has changed him.
Of the 4 seats within the ward two are reserved for girls and one is a reserved seat for Scheduled Tribes. A senior get together functionary of the BJP stated, “Joshi was also the recommendation of a sitting MLA and party found his credentials to be very apt for the ticket. Dipak has already been a corporator for two terms and moreover he couldn’t fit into any other ward. Plus, another contention was that Dipak had a third biological child during his last tenure as the corporator and, therefore, his candidature would have been invalidated as per the election rules.”

When requested if the two-child norm for candidates contesting polls got here in the way in which, Dipak informed this newspaper, “As of today, I have only two biological children who carry my name.” Dipak additionally added that the norm wouldn’t have an effect on the validity of his candidature and he had turned down the provide of a ticket from one other nationwide get together.
Incidentally, the BJP on Saturday appointed MLA Shailesh Mehta alias Sotta the incharge of the election ward 15, the place he had been co-corporator with Dipak within the final time period.

Mehta had retained his seat as a civic physique consultant after being elected MLA from Dabhoi constituency in 2017.