Congress changes 4 candidates names to appease PAAS

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Nov 21, 2017, 01:31 AM

Congress changes 4  candidates names to appease PAAS

On Monday, evening Congress has replaced four Candidates in its first list of candidates, which it had announced on Sunday evening.

According to reports these changes are to appease PAAS.

The party replaced Varachha road (Surat) candidate Praful Togadia with Dhiru Gajera, Bhikhabhai Joshi in place of Amit Thummar in Junagadh, Jaish Patel in place of Kiran Thakor in Bharuch and Ashok Jirawala in place of Nilesh Kumbani in Kamrej.

A few PAAS workers had gone on a violent rampage on Sunday night after the first list was released. Some attacked Congress offices in Surat and Bhavnagar. While Praful Togadia is a Patidar, he was unacceptable to PAAS. Same was the case with Thummar. "Since the seat was designated for a Patidar candidate, it was prudent to change the candidate rather than take up cudgels with PAAS when we are looking to a fruitful alliance with them," a senior Congress source said.