The Congress yesterday accused the BJP of "stealing" its MLAs under a "premeditated plan" but claimed that its Gujarat Rajya Sabha candidate Ahmed Patel will still win as he has the support of more MLAs than required for victory
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The Congress yesterday accused the BJP of "stealing" its MLAs under a "premeditated plan" but claimed that its Gujarat Rajya Sabha candidate Ahmed Patel will still win as he has the support of more MLAs than required for victory.
Senior Congress spokesperson Ghulam Nabi Azad said Patel was contesting the Rajya Sabha election as a senior Congress leader. "I don't want to involve the name of the Congress president. He is contesting as the senior Congress leader and not as political secretary," the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha said.
"Ahmed bhai will win by a margin of at least 10 to 15 votes. Our candidate had 13-14 votes surplus and the BJP says they do not steal. Why has the BJP fielded its third candidate for the polls when it does not have the requisite number of MLAs in support. It is only to steal our MLAs," he said.
Azad said, "This is a pre-meditated plan to steal MLAs." He said the BJP was "plotting" to steal Congress MLAs from the airport itself.
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