Congress Names Bhikhabhai Rabari as Candidate for Manjalpur Assembly Seat in Gujarat

: The Congress has announced the name of its candidate for the Manjalpur Assembly seat in Gujarat. The party issued a press release in this regard. The party has named Bhikhabhai Rabari as its official candidate. Congress party general secretary KC Venugopal said in a press release that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Bhikhabhai Rabari as the Congress candidate for the by-election to the 145-Manjalpur seat of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. With the announcement of Bhikhabhai Rabari's name, the contest on this seat has become more interesting. Political activities have begun to increase rapidly. Bhikhabhai Rabari will face BJP's Satish Govindbhai Patel. The BJP on Friday announced former corporator Satish Govindbhai Patel as its candidate for the by-election to the Manjalpur Assembly seat. Satish Patel had been elected as a corporator of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) several times in the past and had also served as the ex-officio chairman of the Municipal Corporation of Vadodara.