Congress chief Bharat Solanki makes an attempt to commit suicide at counting centre

As the BJP is ready to register a landslide victory in Gujarat, the opposition’s frustration has turn out to be obvious. In Gandhidham within the state, Congress candidate Bharat Solanki tried to commit suicide on the counting centre. Solanki tied his neck with a shawl (Gamchha) after alleging that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have been tampered with. 

The Congress chief claimed that the EVMs weren’t correctly sealed and weren’t signed. Solanki started a dharna demanding that the counting be stopped. When no motion was taken on his calls for by the election officers, Solanki tried to commit suicide. However, he was stopped by folks current there.  

#GujaratElectionResult: गांधीधाम से कांग्रेस प्रत्याशी भरत सोलंकी ने काउंटिंग स्टेशन में गले में फंदा बांधकर आत्महत्या करने की कोशिश की।

सोलंकी ने आरोप लगाया कि कुछ EVM मशीनों को ठीक से सील नही किया गया था और EVM में सिग्नेचर भी नहीं थे, कार्रवाई न होने पर की आत्महत्या की कोशिश pic.twitter.com/8XgZ7Q5Dwx

— News Tak (@newstakofficial) December 8, 2022

Maltiben Kishorebhai Maheshwari of the BJP defeated Congress candidate Bharat Solanki within the Gandhidham Assembly constituency by 37,831 votes. Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party acquired 14827 votes after the counting was accomplished.

Interestingly, Bharat Bhai Solanki had not too long ago claimed that the Congress get together will win 125 seats and kind authorities within the state.

It is price noting that the BJP has held the Gandhidham seat for over a decade. Malti Maheshwari of the BJP defeated Congress candidate Kishor Pingol by an enormous margin of 20,270 votes within the 2017 meeting elections. The BJP acquired 52.6 p.c of the vote share, whereas the Congress acquired 39.3 p.c. The BJP additionally received right here in 2012. Gujarat’s Gandhidham seat was reserved for the SC class following delimitation in 2008. Gandhidham has a complete of three,15,272 registered voters of which the bulk are from Scheduled Castes. 

Meanwhile, the BJP is anticipated to win 156 seats as per present traits and outcomes already declared. Congress, however, is ready tow win solely 17 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party, which had claimed to kind the federal government, leads in solely 5 seats.

Gujarat’s new chief minister shall be sworn in on December 12 at 2 p.m., mentioned state BJP President CR Paatil, after the get together received the Assembly elections by a document margin.

The ceremony shall be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Bhupendra Patel will take the oath of workplace as Gujarat’s chief minister for the second time. On September 12, 2021, he was elected for the primary time because the BJP legislative get together chief.

“The Gujarat Chief Minister will take the oath at 2 p.m. on December 12th.” “Prime Minister Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the oath ceremony,” CR Paatil mentioned at a joint press convention with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

Taking to Twitter Gujarat BJP President CR Paatil additionally thanked the folks of Gujarat for making the BJP win the election.

ગુજરાતનાં યુવાનો-જેમણે ઉજ્જવળ ભવિષ્ય પર પસંદગીનો કળશ ઢોળ્યો, મહિલાઓ, વડીલો, વિવિધ સમાજનાં અગ્રણીશ્રીઓ જેમણે ગુજરાતનાં હિતમાં, વિકાસનીતિ પર વિશ્વાસ મૂક્યો એ બદલ સૌનો આભાર.
ભારતીય જનતા પાર્ટી એનાં મૂળ સંસ્કાર “સત્તાનાં માધ્યમથી જનસેવા”ની પરંપરાને સદાય જાળવી રાખશે.

સૌનો આભાર !

— C R Paatil (@CRPaatil) December 8, 2022

“Thank you to the youth of Gujarat – who cast their ballots on a bright future, women, elders, and leaders of various communities who believed in the development policy in the interest of Gujarat. Bharatiya Janata Party will always uphold the tradition of its original rites of “public service through power”. Thank you all!” Paatil tweeted in Gujarati.