The Congress has released its first list of 77 candidates in which sitting MLA Indranil Rajyaguru of Rajkot East seat has been fielded to fight against BJP Chief Minister Vijay Rupani from the Rajkot West seat.
However, after the list was released late on Sunday Nov 19,2017 , PAAS members expressed anger and started protesting in many parts of the state, claiming they were not given proper representation.
Two PAAS members were given tickets in the released list, while the Hardik Patel-led organisation had demanded 20 seats.
Around 20 other Patel candidates, who are not members of the PAAS, also find mention in the list.
The two who have been given tickets are Lalit Vasoya from Dhoraji and Amit Thummar from Junagadh seat.
Congress has given tickets to all its sitting MLAs on the seats where names were released.
Congress has fielded four former MPs in the list of 77 for the first phase of the election scheduled on December 9, showing that it gives importance to the state assembly elections. It has fielded Kunverjai Bavaliya from Jasdan seat, Soma Patel from Limbdi, Tushar Chaudhary from Mahua ST and Virji Thummer from Lathi seats.
Congress has also given tickets to three members of the minority community in the list -- Suleman Patel from Vagra, Iqubal Patel from Surat (West) and Mohammed Javed Pirzadda from Vankaner.
Eleven canidates belong to the scheduled tribe (ST) category and seven are from the scheduled caste (SC) category.
Of the total 182 assembly segments in the state, 89 seats will go to poll in the first phase.
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