Kantibhai Kharadi told that he had written a letter to the Election Commission four days ago, but no action was taken. He said that if action had been taken on the letter, the attack would not have happened like this.
Congress candidate from Danta and sitting MLA Kantibhai Kharadi suddenly went missing before the second phase of Gujarat assembly elections. At the same time, Rahul Gandhi increased the political stir by tweeting while accusing the BJP. However, he has been found safe after about two and a half hours of his disappearance. After this, Kantibhai alleged that BJP candidate Ladhu Parghi and his partner LK Barad, Vadan Singh had jointly attacked. Kantibhai said that he and his companions saved their lives by running separately.
Kantibhai Kharadi told that he had written a letter to the Election Commission four days ago, but no action was taken. He said that if action had been taken on the letter, the attack would not have happened like this. Kantibhai said that BJP candidates have already said that Congress MLAs should not come to campaign in our area.
In fact, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had claimed by tweeting before the second phase of elections that Congress candidate and sitting MLA Kantibhai Kharadi has gone missing from Danta in Banaskantha district. He alleged that the Congress candidate was attacked by BJP goons, after which he is missing. Rahul Gandhi said the Congress had demanded the deployment of paramilitary forces, but the Election Commission was “sleeping”. He insisted that BJP should listen that we are not afraid, we are not afraid, we will fight strongly.
According to the information, the Danta assembly seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribe communities. BJP has fielded Latubhai Parghi against him. In the second and final phase, polling is to be held in this seat along with 92 other constituencies of the state today.
On the other hand, Jignesh Mevani, working president of Congress and in-charge of Banaskantha district for the party, alleged that BJP goons attacked Kharadi due to fear of defeat of the party. Mevani wrote in a tweet that ‘Kantibhai Kharadi, the Congress candidate from Danta constituency of Banaskantha, was attacked by BJP goons the night before polling fearing his defeat.
He said that the Congress MLA from Danta constituency, Kantibhai Kharadi, was attacked by the BJP candidate and his goons. An attempt was made to kill him while stopping his four wheeler, the vehicle overturned. Still, Kantibhai Kharadi is missing. Mevani also shared Kanta Kharadi’s letter to the Election Commission regarding the apprehension of an attack.
While targeting the top police officer for not providing security to Congress candidate Kanti Kharadi, MP Shakti Singh Gohil also said on Twitter that ‘BJP goons have attacked and kidnapped our Danta MLA and candidate Kantibhai Kharadi. He said why the commission is silent? Does BJP do anything? The MLA had given in writing to give security, yet why security was not given? What kind of election is this?
Source: www.tv9hindi.com”