Alpesh Thakor News
With the third list, the BJP has so far declared 178 candidates for the two-phase polls to the 182-member Assembly. Alpesh Thakor had won from the Radhanpur Assembly seat in 2017 on a Congress ticket but resigned in 2019 as an MLA and joined the BJP. In the subsequent bypoll, he lost to the Congress from Radhanpur.
If BJP sources are to be believed, the saffron party may reward Patidar Agitation leader Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor for their rebellion against the Congress by fielding them as party candidates in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections.
It may be recalled that Alpesh Thakor had won the 2017 Assembly election on a Congress ticket and resigned as MLA few months ago to join the BJP.
Both Alpesh and Jhala joined the BJP in presence of state BJP chief Jitu Vaghani.
OBC leader Alpesh Thakor and his close aide Dhavalsinh Zala, will soon join the BJP soon, said Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena (GKTS) leader Amit Thakor on Monday.
Alpesh Thakor, an MLA from Radhanpur constituency in north Gujarat, said that he took the decision to resign as Congress MLA because he was being 'insulted' and 'harassed' by the party.
Congress MLAs from Gujarat Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala resigned from the state assembly on Friday after casting their votes in the bypoll held for two vacant Rajya Sabha seats.
Gujarat Congress legislators Alpesh Thakor has resigned from the state assembly today, after voting in the bypoll for two Rajya Sabha seats. Watch full video to know more. #AlpeshThakorResigns #Congress #GujaratAssemblyElections
The Gujarat High Court on Monday admitted a petition of the state Congress seeking a directive to Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi to take an early decision on its demand to expel Alpesh Thakor as an MLA.
Former Congressman and Gujarat OBC leader Alpesh Thakor on Tuesday said that 15-20 Congress MLAs in Gujarat are set to quit the party soon. Watch this video to know more.
Former Congressman and Gujarat OBC leader Alpesh Thakor on Tuesday said that 15-20 Congress MLAs in Gujarat are set to quit the party soon. Watch this video to know more.
Alpesh Thakor met Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Monday.
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Alpesh Thakor had quit Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha election 2019.
Alpesh Thakor had resigned from all the posts of the party, alleging discrimination and disrespectful treatment from the party. He was flanked by two more Congress MLAs, Dhavalsinh Jhala from Bayad and Bharat Thakor from Bechraji. Watch this video to know more.
Alpesh Thakor had been facing the heat from Thakor Sena and its core committee had recently met to decide that the leader must quit from Congress.
After the Thakor Sena Party gave ultimatum of 24 hours to Alpesh Thakor to leave the Congress party, Dhavalsinh Zala, a Congress leader and close aide of Alpesh, said that a final decision will be taken once Alpesh returns to Gujarat. Zala is also rumored to be leaving the Congress along with Alpesh. The Thakor Sena Party held a core committee meeting after which it warned Alpesh to quit the Congress within 24 hours, saying that Alpesh is not getting his due place in the Congress.
Alpesh is a Congress MLA from Radhanpur in North Gujarat. He had joined the Congress in the run-up to the 2017 assembly elections.
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