Overview
- Bharat Singh Vakhala, who filed nominations for BJP, Congress, and AAP for the same Pipero seat in Dahod, chose BJP during nomination scrutiny.
- Election officials asked him to select one party and accepted affidavits withdrawing his Congress and AAP bids, then declared him the BJP candidate.
- The Pipero race drew 11 nomination forms in total, including multiple BJP and Congress entries, one from AAP, two independents, and one from the BRP party.
- Congress leaders accused him of cheating and said they will support independent candidate Vijay Bariya, while BJP’s local chief had already claimed him as their pick.
- Vakhala has switched parties before, contesting earlier elections with Congress and then AAP, highlighting fluid loyalties in Gujarat’s local politics and how rules force a single authorised nomination.