Overview
- Harshad Parmar was named the BJP candidate on Monday for the Umreth Assembly by-election set for April 23, with counting on May 4.
- The seat fell vacant after sitting BJP MLA Govindbhai Parmar died on March 6, prompting the Election Commission to call the bypoll.
- The BJP has put its ground team in place with former state minister Pradipsinh Jadeja as in-charge and Hasmukh Patel as co-in-charge for the campaign.
- Congress leaders criticized the pick as dynastic politics, while the BJP said Harshad Parmar enjoys strong local support and expressed confidence in a wide win.
- Harshad Parmar is a first-time Assembly contender with stints as village sarpanch and as chairman of a local milk cooperative, and the constituency has more than 2.4 lakh voters across 300-plus polling stations.