BJP put up candidates allegedly involved in scams

The BJP has fielded three candidates in Guj who figured in the multi-crore cooperative banks scams.

The first list of 21 candidates announced by the BJP on Tuesday has many surprises that even many BJP leaders in the state find difficult to fathom.

The most striking surprise is that the party has fielded three candidates who figured prominently in the multi-crore cooperative banks scams,which left thousands of depositors penniless.

Two of the three candidates were arrested and jailed for a few months till they were granted bails by the courts.

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The three candidates are: C R Patil from Navasari,Deepak Sathi from Anand and Prabhatsinh Chauhan from Panchmahal Lok Sabha seats.

I just cannot believe that such scamsters can be BJP candidates in Gujarat, a senior BJP leader said ruefully. He added that this shows that the party considers only criterion of winnability of the candidate and nothing else.

However,state BJP general secretary Vijay Rupani has defended the party’s move of fielding such candidates saying that none of them are convicted by any court.

Allegations were raised against them but no court has convicted any of the three candidates for their alleged involvement, Rupani told PTI.

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